Martin Cilia – Surfersaurus CD (Bombora)

Martin Cilia plays guitar in the currently lineup of the legendary Australian surf/instrumental rock band The Atlantics, but he’s an excellent solo artist as well. This disc includes his renditions of some of his childhood favorites, as well as a few new songs. “Futurama” is the best of the originals – not too surprisingly, it sounds like an Atlantics song (or more appropriately, several Atlantics classics merged into one song). While it may be easy for him to go with that sound and style of song, it is truly a monumental song that stands up well when matched with any song in the Atlantics repertoire. For some of these songs you may have dozens of versions in your collection, but it’s rare to find someone these days that can bring new life into songs like “Pipeline”, but he does just that.

Tracks: Number One - Walk Don't Run - Futurama - Albatross - Apache - Pipeline - Endless Summer - Surfersaurus - Wipe Out - Misirlou - December Sun - Telstar - Twilight Surfer - The Crusher - Propeller - Rock & Roll Part 2