Lords of Atlantis: Cliché-Free Surf

Lords of Atlantis includes members from a handful of high-profile surf bands, and its debut album is a collection of catchy instrumentals that steers clear of cliches. Here, Ivan Pongracic plays “Barbary Corsairs” on his ’62 Fender Strat reissue in Shoreline Gold with a Fullerton-made/AV1 reissue neck and Pure Vintage ’65 pickups running into a Catalinbread Belle Epoch Tape Echo, a Gomez G-Spring tube reverb, and a reissue Deluxe Reverb with a Mojotone British Vintage speaker. Our review of the album and interview with Ivan and Jeremy DeHart appears in the January issue. cloud.3dissue....

[@chiba131]

Glad you're back recording, Ivan!

[@SrslyJonSweet]

Your playing is so face-melting that it’s easy to be distracted from what brilliant composition and arrangements you bring to every song. Truly as awe-inspiring on the album as your breath-arresting live performances.

[@ipongrac]

Awwww.... 🥰😘 Thank so much, Jon, that's so incredibly nice of you to write! I profoundly appreciate it!🤘

[@saturdaysun10]

Top drawer! Top drawer!

[@anthonymcgill8035]

Tremendous.

[@tacmason]

Very nice indeed , I must describe this as a washed out ( by reverb) ancient middle eastern sound !

[@SrslyJonSweet]

That’s the Byzantine/double-harmonic scale. John Travolta is probably aware of another famous surf tune that uses it.

[@vintagepipesnightmares]

Greek music