Scenes from the South Island

Scenes from the South Island is the debut studio album of guitarist and composer Roy Montgomery, released on 5 September 1995 by Drunken Fish Records. The album was remastered and reissued on November 29, 2019 by Liz Harris' label, Yellow Electric.[2] The reissue includes three additional songs not present on the original release, and also reorders and splits several of the original songs.

Scenes from the South Island
Studio album by
Released5 September 1995 (1995-09-05)
RecordedDecember 1994 (1994-12) – February 1995 (1995-02)
Studio324 East 13th Street
(New York City, NY)
GenrePost-rock
Length51:51
LabelDrunken Fish
Roy Montgomery chronology
Scenes from the South Island
(1995)
Temple IV
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing

1995 Release

All music is composed by Roy Montgomery.

No.TitleLength
1."Along the Main Divide"3:26
2."Clear Night, Port Hills"4:01
3."Twilight Conversation"10:04
4."Rainshadow Near Christchurch"5:06
5."Rain Receding"4:43
6."Escape Velocity"4:59
7."The Barracuda Sequence"1:47
8."Downtown to Vesuvio"1:23
9."The Road to Diamond Harbour"4:56
10."Winding It Out in the High Country"4:25
11."Norwester Head-On/The Last Kakapo Dreams of Flying"7:01

2019 Reissue

All music is composed by Roy Montgomery.

No.TitleLength
1."Along the Main Divide"3:26
2."Clear Night, Port Hills"4:01
3."Twilight Conversation"10:04
4."Rainshadow Near Christchurch"5:04
5."Rain Receding"4:45
6."Escape Velocity"4:59
7."Downtown To Vesuvio"1:46
8."The Road to Diamond Harbour"1:22
9."Winding It Out in the High Country"4:55
10."Norwester Head-On"4:23
11."The Last Kakapo Dreams of Flying"6:51
12."Hollyford Valley Day 1"5:22
13."Hollyford Valley Day 2"5:52
14."Hollyford Valley Day 3"5:14

Personnel

Adapted from the Scenes from the South Island liner notes.[3]

Production and additional personnel

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1995 Drunken Fish CD, LP DFR-22
United States 2019 Yellow Electric LP, Bandcamp

References

  1. Jurek, Thom. "Roy Montgomery: Scenes from the South Island > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  2. Bruce-Jones, Henry (29 October 2019). "Grouper's Yellow Electric to reissue Roy Montgomery's debut Scenes From The South Island". FACT. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  3. Scenes from the South Island (booklet). Roy Montgomery. San Francisco, California: Drunken Fish Records. 1995.CS1 maint: others (link)



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