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"Cry of the Coyote" CD review magazine from France is the first to review the Insanitizers' new 20 song CD "Wild Surf Guitars." It was released Feb 10, 2013.

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This CD lives up to its title. The guitars are often jangling wildly, the influences remain unchanged, so rockin’ surf fans will feast upon it. In addition, there’s a heap of tracks (20). So, what more could we ask? The most striking tracks, to my ears, are Disappearance, a threatening tune in the style of Link Wray, and the rockin’ surf tunes Risk On, Surfarian, Barbarous Deville, Feral Four and At the Beach.

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Physical CD and audition clips available at http://www.DeepEddy.net and http://www.CDBaby.com/cd/insanitizers4
MP3 downloads available from CDBaby, Amazon, iTunes, etc.

You can hear complete tracks from this CD at MOG.com
A track listing is shown in the first post of this discussion:
http://surfguitar101.com/forums/topic/20990/?page=1#p280862

Insanitizers! http://www.insanitizers.com

Last edited: May 19, 2013 14:53:12

That review is right on. If you're looking for something new and unusual, look no further. I have several copies just waiting to be picked up.

Ted James
Deep Eddy Records http://www.deepeddy.net
The Nematoads http://www.nematoads.com

Here is a new review of this CD in the latest New Gandy Dancer, Issue 111, April 2013, just received in today's mail:

Neat little band out of Vancouver, Washington on a busy surfing set with lots happening. It's rewarding to hear a group dedicated to their art and the art here is genuine 1960s surf guitars, bass and drums. The all-original songs are simply soaked in high twanging, reverbed guitars and easy to remember melody lines. Don't get the impression that these cuts are derivative -- they're not -- they are an acknowledgment of a much neglected genre and a brave genre to tackle in 2013. Rating score 4 of 4.

Insanitizers! http://www.insanitizers.com

Last edited: May 18, 2013 23:35:11

A "Cry of the Heart Award" with highest rating was given to "Wild Surf Guitars" by Cry of the Coyote CD Review Magazine. I just saw this when the issue arrived. (Signs of this award are the badge "CRi" on the cover art image and the highlighting of the background). Here is a scan of the review (in French; the abstracted translation is in the initial post in this discussion):

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Insanitizers! http://www.insanitizers.com

Last edited: May 19, 2013 14:51:14

Indiemusic.co labels "Wild Surf Guitars" a best new release and gives an enthusiastic review at
http://indiemusic.co/2013/06/03/the-insanitizers-tame-the-wild-surf-guitars/

the Insanitizers do a fine job throughout this latest CD, Wild Surf Guitars, of delivering memorable and aggressive songs that are true to form....

“Googleyes,” and “Surf Wall Street,” both sound familiar yet crisp in their attack. But with “Dragonfly,” we hear a great buzzy guitar tone, and are privvy to some of the clever humor on display.

“Surfarian,” again displays quick wit with some clever back forth between the guitars and drums. “Skywriters,” is a laconic, unhurried number which is enjoyable to listen to...

If this was a throwback sixties beach film, and this band was the movies heroes, it’d wrap up like this: “The Insanitizers win this heat and take the tournament! The Insanitizers are new Kings of Wild Surf Guitars!”
Yeah; it’s like that.

Insanitizers! http://www.insanitizers.com

Last edited: Jun 02, 2013 23:14:03

Wild Surf Guitars by the Insanitizers was selected by PANDORA Radio.
You can hear it there now.
Get Wild!

Insanitizers! http://www.insanitizers.com

Fantastic! Congrats!

Ted James
Deep Eddy Records http://www.deepeddy.net
The Nematoads http://www.nematoads.com

Wild Surf Guitars was just reviewed in the French magazine, "The Road to Memphis" issue no. 111. Here is the translation:

Wild Surf Guitars (rating score 5 of 5)
Conrad Swartz’s band, which I discovered a few years ago, just released its 4th CD. It lives up to its title. The guitars jangle forcefully, the influences remain the same (as their CD Whimsical Surf Version 2), so surf rock fans will rejoice. Moreover there are a large number of songs on this CD (20 titles). Some songs are moodier, but they fit in. Only the half vocal/half instrumental bonus track sounds a bit weird. The most striking tracks are "Disappearance," a threatening tune in the style of Link Wray, the surf rockin' "Risk on," "Surfarian," "Barbarous Deville," "Feral Four," and "At the Beach," reminiscent of the Champs. As for those songs called flamencobilly I was pleasantly surprised. My favorite of these is Undertow, more billy than flamenco, and I'll be happy for more songs like these.

Here is a scan of the French language review

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Insanitizers! http://www.insanitizers.com

Last edited: Jul 13, 2013 17:43:41

The review in the latest Pipeline Instrumental Review (issue 92, summer 2013, page 38) reflects the intensity of the recordings on "Wild Surf Guitars":

"There may be quite a variety of sounds on this album from The Insanitizers but the recurring theme is of lively, intertwining guitars that swap leads and riffs with head-spinning fervour. Be it the repetitive jangle of "At the Beach," the sparkling twang of "GooglEyes" or the frantic surf of "Surf Wall Street," their aim seems to be to fry your brain...

"The most conventional track is "Man Hunter," an acoustic take on the old cowboy western style. This provides a useful transition into the final three instrumentals...an acoustic guitar duo...The surf-flavoured "Undertow" works very well and the strongly rhythmic "Fantwango" round off the album very nicely."

Insanitizers! http://www.insanitizers.com

Last edited: Sep 15, 2013 19:13:47

I've only had time to give this a quick listen, not enough to do it justice or write anything comprehensive. But, this is a terrific record. I greatly enjoyed every minute of it, and can't wait to sit down with nothing to do but spin it over and over, and over. Then, I hope I can write a review good as this record.

This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got.

Noel's review of "Wild Surf Guitars" is here:
http://surfguitar101.com/forums/topic/23394/?page=1#p310731

Insanitizers! http://www.insanitizers.com

Today the "Album Cover Hall of Fame" published a photo essay feature about the cover art for the Insanitizers music CDs including "Wild Surf Guitars." Here is a link:

http://albumcoverhalloffame.wordpress.com/2014/04/03/featured-album-cover-fan-collection-conrad-swartz-the-insanitizers/

Insanitizers! http://www.insanitizers.com

Squid wrote:

Today the "Album Cover Hall of Fame" published a photo essay feature about the cover art for the Insanitizers music CDs including "Wild Surf Guitars." Here is a link:

http://albumcoverhalloffame.wordpress.com/2014/04/03/featured-album-cover-fan-collection-conrad-swartz-the-insanitizers/

Congratulations! That's fantastic.

This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got.

Great little band!

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