Sun & Sail Club – Shipwrecked – Vinyl LP

After a nine year hiatus SUN AND SAIL CLUB are back and they ve come back swinging. This album is more aggressive than the previous album, as if that was even possible. Same line up as before featuring Scott Reeder, FU MANCHU SMILE, on drums, Scott Reeder, KYUSS THE OBSESSED FIREBALL MINISTRY, on bass, Bob Balch, FU MANCHU SLOWER BIG SCENIC NOWHERE YAWNING BALCH, on guitar and Tony Adolescent, THE ADOLESCENTS, on vocals. The album starts with a mellow jazz guitar piece and then proceeds to rip your face off until the end of the album, which closes with another solo jazz guitar piece. Shipwrecked is their strongest album yet. Fully realized and to the point. Fast and dissonant. This album is a compilation of riffs collected over a nine year period. Most of the songs were written last year but some of them have been floating around for a while. There is a general sense of unease throughout. I wanted to make an album that went one step further than The Great White Dope. The songs are faster and more intense at times. It s basically the soundtrack of me beating the shit out of my guitar. Then you factor in Scott Reeder on drums, Scott Reeder on bass and Tony Adolescent on vocals and you ve got something more than I could have imagined by myself. This album is raw and pummeling. If you re a glutton for punishment this might be your desert Island record. Bob Balch Recorded at Jim Monroe s The Racket Room, Casa De Balch, and Scott Reeder s The Sanctuary Mixed by Jim Monroe Mastered by Tony Reed at HeavyHead Recording Co.