R M H Q - HEADQUARTERS | Roy Montgomery

R M H Q - HEADQUARTERS

by Roy Montgomery

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John Cratchley These four albums in one are extraordinary..."visceral" (yes, maybe depends what you are used to) but emotionally telling and necessary...cathartic might be the best way to describe them...I think this music demanded out whether Montgomery wanted it or not...

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1.	Tropic of Anodyne 06:01	buy track
2.	Dear Future Loser 05:56	buy track
3.	You Always Get What You Deserve 04:39	buy track
4.	I Was A Distant A Distant Star 05:28	buy track
5.	Seven Faded Dreams 04:38	buy track
6.	If And Only If 05:12	buy track
7.	Hanging Melody 05:59	buy track
8.	As The Sun Sets 05:27	buy track
9.	Rough Takeoff 01:47	buy track
10.	Overdrive 06:51	buy track
11.	Little Big Star 04:53	buy track
12.	Dazed Pig Dreamhome Slide 07:25	buy track
13.	At The Gogol Au Gogo 04:08	buy track
14.	Six Guitar Salute For Peter Gutteridge 05:59	buy track
15.	Making Love In A B 05:26	buy track
16.	Hungover Heroes 06:06	buy track
17.	Rough Landing 01:06	buy track
18.	Five Bears At Two Guns Arizona 03:02	buy track
19.	I O U Otto 06:10	buy track
20.	Pipeline 05:52	buy track
21.	Later We Looked Up At The Stars 05:17	buy track
22.	A Guitar Called Boomslang 03:13	buy track
23.	Another David Lynch Thanks No Ice 07:33	buy track
24.	Chasing Monica Vitti 05:10	buy track
25.	Cocktails With Can 06:24	buy track
26.	Otherness 04:02	buy track
27.	Riding 10:48	buy track
28.	Last Alarm (For Brad Fletcher) 04:19	buy track
29.	Unshore 04:11	buy track
30.	Weathering Mortality (Featuring Voice By Emma Johnson) 20:03	buy track

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Released by Grapefruit Records
It’s been over a decade since Roy Montgomery’s last album, and R M H Q is a hell of a return. This release contains four distinct records of new material. Listening to any of his work is a visceral experience—repeating phrases swell and decay, immersing the listener in the cyclical narrative of his compositions.
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 of Dadamah. After a quiet spell, he returned in the late nineties, producing towering spires of guitar lines that exposed fragility between the strums. With his solo releases and in collaboration with Flying Saucer Attack, Bardo Pond (Hash Jar Tempo), and Chris Heaphy (Dissolve), his focus shifted from the truth-mining of rock music to epic celestialism. His ambitious yet humble tracks outstrip their origins, and Montgomery toured the world sitting cross-legged on the floor, playing twenty-plus-minute compositions.
A long period of silence followed, marked only with a split album with Grouper (who lists Montgomery as a primary influence), involvement in Torlesse Super Group, and a couple thematic variations serving as soundtracks for films. Instead, he focused on his personal and professional commitments. Unfortunately, two horrific events preceded his return: the Christchurch earthquakes of 2011 condemned Montgomery’s entire neighborhood save for his home, stripping his street of a community; and, as a volunteer firefighter, he saw first-hand the destruction and loss of life in the city center. Additionally, since 2014, illness in the family has dominated his life. Self-expression once again demanded an outlet.
R M H Q is four albums conceived and recorded over a very short period, each of them carrying a distinct focus and mood.

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released October 21, 2016

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