Dan Rumour and the Drift
For those not in the know, Dan Rumour was the lead guitarist in seminal Australian rock band The Cruel Sea. For some years I have had an interest in the Cruel Sea, drawn to them buy the guitar work, the fantastic musicianship, the ability to take the listener’s mind away to places, and being able to provide the ultimate soundtrack for a summer’s day (whether spent chilling out or not). That being said I often found their instrumentals more interesting than Tex Perkins (sorry ladies). So when I heard that Dan was releasing an album made up exclusively of instrumentals, I quickly sought it out. Needless to say I wasn’t disappointed. Like the Dirty Three, this is a shining example of how an instrumental can say more than any song with lyrics and also represents, for me, a sign of how my tastes in music is maturing.
Key Album: Dan Rumour and the Drift (2007). This album came out at an important moment in my life: I’d got my driver’s license, I got my very first car and I was learning to live by myself. Thus, I will always remember going for a spin in my beloved Spike-mobile, the summer sun shining high and the gliding guitar taking my every step of the way. It’s a still a pleasure hearing it now even though every time I do I feel like dropping everything and heading for the beach (not easy to do when one now lives in Melbourne).
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