Scenes from the South Island

Scenes from the South Island is the debut studio album of guitarist and composer Roy Montgomery, released on 5 September 1995 by Drunken Fish Records. The album was remastered and reissued on November 29, 2019 by Liz Harris' label, Yellow Electric.[2] The reissue includes three additional songs not present on the original release, and also reorders and splits several of the original songs.

Scenes from the South Island
Studio album by Roy Montgomery
Released	5 September 1995
Recorded	December 1994 – February 1995
Studio	324 East 13th Street (New York City, NY)
Genre	Post-rock
Length	51:51
Label	Drunken Fish
Roy Montgomery chronology
Scenes from the South Island (1995) Temple IV (1996)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

1995 Release

All music is composed by Roy Montgomery.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Along the Main Divide"	3:26
2.	"Clear Night, Port Hills"	4:01
3.	"Twilight Conversation"	10:04
4.	"Rainshadow Near Christchurch"	5:06
5.	"Rain Receding"	4:43
6.	"Escape Velocity"	4:59
7.	"The Barracuda Sequence"	1:47
8.	"Downtown to Vesuvio"	1:23
9.	"The Road to Diamond Harbour"	4:56
10.	"Winding It Out in the High Country"	4:25
11.	"Norwester Head-On/The Last Kakapo Dreams of Flying"	7:01

2019 Reissue

All music is composed by Roy Montgomery.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Along the Main Divide"	3:26
2.	"Clear Night, Port Hills"	4:01
3.	"Twilight Conversation"	10:04
4.	"Rainshadow Near Christchurch"	5:04
5.	"Rain Receding"	4:45
6.	"Escape Velocity"	4:59
7.	"Downtown To Vesuvio"	1:46
8.	"The Road to Diamond Harbour"	1:22
9.	"Winding It Out in the High Country"	4:55
10.	"Norwester Head-On"	4:23
11.	"The Last Kakapo Dreams of Flying"	6:51
12.	"Hollyford Valley Day 1"	5:22
13.	"Hollyford Valley Day 2"	5:52
14.	"Hollyford Valley Day 3"	5:14

Personnel

Adapted from the Scenes from the South Island liner notes.[3]

• Roy Montgomery – guitar, EBow on "Twilight Conversation", mixing, recording

Production and additional personnel

• Brendan Burke – mixing
• Jessica Meyer – photography, design

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1995	Drunken Fish	CD, LP	DFR-22
United States	2019	Yellow Electric	LP, Bandcamp

References

1. Jurek, Thom. "Roy Montgomery: Scenes from the South Island > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
2. Bruce-Jones, Henry (29 October 2019). "Grouper's Yellow Electric to reissue Roy Montgomery's debut Scenes From The South Island". FACT. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
3. Scenes from the South Island (booklet). Roy Montgomery. San Francisco, California: Drunken Fish Records. 1995.CS1 maint: others (link)

External links

• Scenes From The South Island at Discogs (list of releases)