Search - Bomboras :: It Came From Pier 13

It's a shagadelic surfin' safari, and The Bomboras have enough potato salad and board wax for everybody. Featuring some salty sax from ex-X greaser Billy Zoom, this disc is shaking from the get-go, covering much of the same dusty pop culture (i.e. beach blanket bingo) turf as our own Surf Trio, though they lack some variation in style. The lead guitar (every surf band's calling card), which alternates between down /dirty and clean/nimble is ferocious throughout, particularly on "The Creeper" (a "Wipe-Out" pilfer) and on the fuzzed-out, Ventures-like whirl, "Pier 13." With the addition of a spicy Farfisa organ for some extra texture (not to mention the occasional sax and harmonica), the sound is full and extra jumpy. Granted, the surf thing is getting cliché, but when it's this basic and bashing, you won't have much to gripe about. --John Chandler