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This CD looks like basically a compilation of "Interstellar Stomp" and "Czar Wars". I own both of those and I can say that this is by far and away the best surf rock I've ever heard. This stuff is as far beyond bands like The Ventures as are the heavens above the Earth.

I've found through listening to a good amount of surf instrumental rock that band either master the energy or the melody, but not both. That is, they are either a high-energy frenzy of notes (think Man or Astro Man), or they craft melodies and play them deliberately (The Ventures), but the Space Cossacks have merged out-of-this-world energy with melodies. There is a variation of tempo and mood as one listens to a Space Cossacks album that I've just never heard from any other surf rock band.

No throwaway stuff on Space Cossacks CD's. Each track is a star with a unique beauty and energy of it's own in a greater universe of music.

If you like bands like Los Straitjackets and the Ventures, you'll love the Space Cossacks. They're a great instrumental band.

The Space Cossacks are purveyors not so much of surf rock as surf punk. The driving rythms are sometimes unusual for the more usual laid-back surf rock style, but very effective nonetheless making this a very enjoyable surf music album. Certainly among the best in this genre.

If you are into the Surf Rock genre then this is some of the best you can find. A bit sleepy and ethereal but near technically perfect.