The pioneers of the powerchord might have confounded listeners with 1968’s bucolic masterpiece, but Village Green…’s irreproachable songwriting and teeming guitar textures conjured a rose-tinted nostalgia like few others.
The Leeds four-piece formed just before the UK was plunged into its first lockdown, but that hasn’t stopped them turning heads over the past two years. Their debut album looks set to deliver on the promise.
The deluxe version of the Simplifier analogue amp and cabinet simulator adds digital reverb, stereo operation and channel switching – but does more complexity mean less rock’n’roll?
The unstoppable eddies of surf rock permeated pop in the 1960s, and its reverb drenched, tremolo-picked sound all stemmed from one man. Dick Dale’s bewildering guitar work defines his, still jaw-dropping, debut LP.
Finally, Fender has brought its Acoustasonic tech to the relatively inexpensive Player series – but is this simplified acoustic/electric hybrid still packing all the tools you need?
