Roy Montgomery
Audiotherapy (Limited Edition LP) [ Grapefruit / LP - released 4/Mar/2022 ] 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 has managed to navigate disparate genres,... |
Roy Montgomery
That Best Forgotten Work (LP) [ Grapefruit / LP - released 6/Aug/2021 ] 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,... |
Roy Montgomery
Island Of Lost Souls [ Grapefruit / CD - released 19/Feb/2021 ] Island Of Lost Souls is the first of four new albums by Roy Montgomery coming out in 2021 to commemorate Montgomery's forty years in music. His debut release was also Flying Nun's first, the Pin Group 7-inch from 1981. Roy Montgomery, a pioneer of... |
Roy Montgomery
Rhymes Of Chance [ Grapefruit / CD - released 22/Oct/2021 ] 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,... |
Roy Montgomery
That Best Forgotten Work [ Grapefruit / CD - released 6/Aug/2021 ] 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,... |
Roy Montgomery
R M H Q Headquarters [ Grapefruit / 4 CD - released 4/Nov/2016 ] Over a decade since his last release, R M H Q contains four distinct records of new material! Montgomery was in his rock band period in the eighties, when the dark, minimalist post-punk of The Pin Group lead into the gloriously open-ended freedoms... |
Roy Montgomery
R Tropic Of Anodyne (LP) [ Grapefruit / LP - released 4/Nov/2016 ] R: Tropic of Anodyne highlights Montgomery's baritone lamentations on every track. It sets the blueprint for all of R M H Q while displaying Montgomery's talent for brevity. His self-reflective lyrics remain personal, even answering the Rolling... |
Roy Montgomery
H Bender (LP) [ Grapefruit / LP - released 4/Nov/2016 ] H: Bender harkens back to Roy Montgomery's nineties work, where guitar riffs ensconced themselves in dynamism. Montgomery's trademark reverb-laden guitar offers a fluidity like pulsing blood, colouring in each motif's corners and rewarding every... |
Roy Montgomery
M Darkmotif Dancehall (LP) [ Grapefruit / LP - released 4/Nov/2016 ] M: Darkmotif Dancehall is the most experimental of the four albums making up the R M H Q series. Montgomery explores new guitar tones and song construction, allowing thick distorted murk and overdriven sharpness to guide the melodies' paths. It's... |
Roy Montgomery
Q Transient Global Amnesia (LP) [ Grapefruit / LP - released 4/Nov/2016 ] Q: Transient Global Amnesia concentrates on hope and despair, sinking singular guitar lines into dark passages. It dissects the personal politics of sadness, revelling in the honesty of depression while seeking to fully explore its facets.... |