Vinyl LP pressing. As part Anthology Recordings' Surf Archive series, we celebrate the soundtracks to Andrew Kidman's classic 1996 film Litmus alongside his 2006 follow up Glass Love. Litmus, Andrew Kidman's first avant-garde surf film, served as a soulful reaction to the pop-punk progression that dominated the "alternative" mainstream. With the film's visceral and cerebral moodiness, folksy soundtrack, and meditative spirit, critics swooned over surf misfits like Wayne Lynch, Derek Hynd, Tom Curren, and Joel Fitzgerald. Despite the acclaim, the film was not much of a commercial success at the time. The aura of Litmus' soundtrack, however, has found it's cultish corner in the surf world.
Tracks: 1.1 Rain - the Val Dusty Experiment 1.2 Wayne Lynch Quote - Wayne Lynch 1.3 Gapu - Yothu Yindi 1.4 Listen the Snow Is Falling - Galaxie 500 1.5 Derek Hynd Quote - Derek Hynd 1.6 Mo Walker - the Val Dusty Experiment 1.7 Cow - the Val Dusty Experiment 1.8 Time - the Val Dusty Experiment 1.9 Black Is the Colour - the Screaming Orphans 1.10 Joel Fitzgerald Quote - Joel Fitzgerald 1.11 Green Hornet - the Val Dusty Experiment 1.12 Fire Jam - Tom Curren 1.13 Elizabeth - Rosie Sutherland 1.14 Dump Swimming - Jon Frank the Val Dusty Experiment 1.15 Hawaiian Surf Forecast - the Val Dusty Experiment 1.16 Riding the Wind - Kevin Baker the Val Dusty Experiment
