It takes all of two seconds of Space Junk to realize what Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives are up to. That alternate-picked run is straight out of the surf rock playbook; Dick Dale would be proud. Stuart has played a little bit of everything over the years, and while he’s more known for country, bluegrass, and rockabilly, the turn to surf rock isn’t out of character (and has been part of his repertoire for years).
For Space Junk, Stuart and the band decided to do a throwback instrumental record. They explicitly took the Ventures as an inspiration, and that’s a good starting point for what this album sounds like. Given Stuart’s natural adventurousness, though, it’s also only a jumping off point for describing this sweeping set of 20 instrumentals.

You need to be logged in to view the rest of the content. Please . Not a Member? Join Us

« »