The Glaciers' sole album, From Sea to Ski sits quietly on the outskirts of the surf and hot rod universe, collecting snowfall from a general lack of interest in the sounds therein. With a group of highly talented musicians, such as Hal Blaine, Ray Pohlman, and Glenn Campbell, it seems shocking that such a project would garner so little praise. However, just one listen through and it becomes clear that Glaciers do one thing and one thing only, uptempo fuzz guitar songs in the key of E minor.

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The album opens with the chiming of sleigh bells against Hal Blaine’s steady rock beat, as ‘Snow Plow Turn’ grinds its way along with blaring organs and a plethora of fuzz guitars. The ‘Snow Bowl’ is a rewrite of Dick Dales' ‘El Aguila (The Eagle),’ while ‘Aspen’ and ‘Holiday Hill’ offers much more of the same. By the time the guitar and organ open up ‘Slalom’, it becomes clear that the Glaciers have no agenda to leave their heavy sound and with the arrival of ‘June Mountain,’ it begins to be difficult to differentiate from track to track. ‘T-Bar’ does provide a new kind of beat and thus is a nice break from the hard fuzzed guitar sound that permeates the rest of the tracks though ‘Broadway (The Main Slope)’ sinks back into the same pattern as its predecessors. ‘Blue Ridge’ is a rewrite of ‘Baja’ and the album’s only cover, the tranquil ‘Moonlight in Vermont,’ is a breath of fresh air among its hard-rocking neighbors. ‘Pole Jump’ concludes the album and is once again marked by the hefty fuzz guitar and organ duets over thumping drums and echoey bass lines.

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     With 7 of the 11 tracks being in the same key and not much variety in instrumentation, From Sea to Ski offers very little 50 years after its release and is one of those albums that is bought for display…and played once.