NORMIL HAWAIIANS - Return of the Ranters LP swamp The Kronos Quartet

The Kronos Quartet

and Turtle's Head

Pinhas does seem to have reversed whatever negativity came his way at the album's beginnings and the future looks bright

yielding expansive arrangements and dramatic storms of elegance and melancholy

ranging in style from garagey no wave to totally deranged

NORMIL HAWAIIANS - Return of the Ranters LP swamp The Kronos QuartetGatefold sleeve. Includes booklet. Highly recommended. Recorded in 1985, Normil Hawaiians third album Return Of The Ranters is quite an album. On the one hand it is a set of relatively conventional mid 80s post punk political songs. But on the other hand, strange details and structures are packed in everywhere: strange violin loops, unidentified tones, and unrestrained improvisation.