Roy Montgomery’s music has a rarified aura that distinguishes him among the crowded field of fellow New Zealand experimentalists who came to prominence in the 1980s and 90s. His use of layering and yawning reverb approximates immensity while still sounding secluded and hushed. He is also one of the few guitarists of that milieu who has gracefully straddled the divide between melodic songwriting and pure atmospheric, evoking both distance and emotional intensity, as if his songs were just out of reach, barely being wrested from the ether.
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