Roy Montgomery

Roy Montgomery is a guitarist from Christchurch, New Zealand.

He has played in several New Zealand bands, including Compulsory Fun, Murder Strikes Pink, The Pin Group, The Shallows, Dadamah and Dissolve. He has also released solo albums on labels including Kranky and Drunken Fish, and has also recorded with Bardo Pond under the name Hash Jar Tempo.

Montgomery's mostly instrumental solo works have elements of post-rock, lo-fi, folk and avant-garde experimentation. His signature sound might be described as atmospheric or cinematic, often featuring complex layers of chiming, echoing and/or droning guitar phrases.

Discography

Albums

• Scenes from the South Island (1995)
• Goodbye - Flying Saucer Attack with Roy Montgomery (1995)
• Temple IV (1996)
• And Now the Rain Sounds Like Life Is Falling Through It (1998)
• True (1999) - recorded with Chris Heaphy
• 324 E. 13th Street #7 (1999)
• Allegory of Hearing (2000)
• Silver Wheel of Prayer (2001)
• Inroads: New and Collected Works (2007)

External links

• Roy Montgomery: Last of the Independents (Interview with Roy Montgomery)
• Roy Montgomery interview at Perfect Sound Forever
• Artist page at the kranky record label website
• Roy Montgomery's staff profile page at Lincoln University, Christchurch.