Atomic 7 Discography of CDs

Atomic 7 music CDs After Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet broke up, Brian Connelly worked as a hired hand for other artists, including Fred Schneider, but more notably as one of the few "boyfriends" to work on all three Neko Case albums. With Atomic 7 he finally swings back into action in the style that earned him attention in the first place: instrumental surf music that has both a good sense of humor and a lot of reverence for the tradition. Like Shadowy Men, Atomic 7 is also a three-piece combo, featuring Clinton Ryder on bass and Mike Andriosso on drums, and this trio works together every bit as well as Shadowy Men did...it's tight, versatile, and a lot of fun. The biggest problem, if you can call it that, is that all of the songs are so uniformly good that nothing really stands out. If a solid album of surf instrumentals wasn't enough for you, this album also easily wins the Best Song Titles of the Year Award (heck, it would have gotten that for "You Ain't Havin Fun Till You're Dialing 911" alone). If you ever found yourself wishing there had been a few more Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet albums, Gowns by Edith Head will definitely scratch your itch. ~ Sean Carruthers Live Recording Director: Atomic 7. Atomic 7 includes: Brian Connelly (guitar); Clinton Ryder, Mike Andreosso. Personnel: James Heidebrecht (recorder). ...

Atomic 7 discography Atomic 7 are back, with another solid offering of rocking instrumentals and some of the best song titles of the new millennium. It's got the same sound as their debut, and pretty much the same sound as Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, but guitarist Brian Connelly and his crack rhythm section handle this stuff with such skill and ease that it doesn't get tiresome. There's a bit of country flavor on some of these tunes, with "Devil's Mittens" sounding like it was lifted from the Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant songbook, but they ...