Name: That Best Forgotten Work
Brand: Roy Montgomery

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GY11-2 CD

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Limited edition

Release date

2021-06-25

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Supplier US

Revol­ver

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Sales:8.875

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600197611227

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Artist

Roy Montgomery

Genre US

Post Rock

Label US

Grapefruit

Roy Montgomery (born 1959) is a composer, guitarist and lecturer from Christchurch, New Zealand. His mostly instrumental solo works blend post-rock, lo-fi, folk and avant-garde experimentation. With a signature sound that can be described as atmospheric or cinematic, Montgomery creates complex layers of chiming, echoing and droning guitar phrases. Currently the head of the Environmental Management department at Lincoln University in New Zealand, he has played in several bands since 1980 and released solo albums on various labels.

Montgomery's musical journey began in the early 1980s when he started playing with different bands in his home country. Notably, he was part of [a299466], [a58470], [a58480] and [a277139]. Throughout his career, he has explored diverse genres while maintaining his unique style.

In addition to his band contributions, Montgomery has also released numerous solo albums on respected labels such as [l606] and [l23611]. These albums showcase his talent for creating captivating compositions that push boundaries and defy categorization.

Roy Montgomery, a pioneer of the NZ underground, believes there is always new sonic terrain to investigate. His latest series of albums for Grapefruit marks forty years of rigorous exploration in which he’s managed to navigate disparate genres, scenes, and atmospheres, always at the forefront of experimental independent music. To commemorate, Grapefruit will be releasing four new Montgomery albums in 2021. The first installment, Island Of Lost Souls, arrived to great acclaim in January. The second and latest album, His Best Forgotten Work, features Montgomery’s rare, brooding vocals across nine gorgeous tracks recorded from his home in Christchurch, New Zealand.

His Best Forgotten Work follows the intense, all-instrumental Island Of Lost Souls. It departs in spirit with darkly buoyant variations on popular songs, including two highly anticipated covers of legendary songs by The Carpenters (“Superstar”) and Tim Buckley (“Song To The Siren”). Montgomery shows the listener that these influences aren’t such strange bedfellows after all; one need only listen closely.

Where some might be inclined to relax and lean into their legacy at this stage in a sprawling career, Montgomery’s new music continues to seek and challenge. His compositions are beautiful as well as disconcerting, and often speak to precarity and dread. His Best Forgotten Work is a title with tongue planted firmly in cheek, alluding to the artist’s position of enjoying a peculiar bit of fame in relative obscurity. But listening to his dry wit and rich voice, one will find it isn’t easily forgotten.

That Best Forgotten Work

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