By: Dave Miranda
his is a serious quality release from a serious quality all-instrumental rock band, and includes an amazing guest performance by Grammy-Award winning bassist, Victor Wooten. The music of guitarist Travis Larson can be said to tastefully reflect the styles of Steve Morse and Jeff Beck, yet Larson and the band indeed have their own strong and unique voices. Larson is well under control here, presenting a nice display of mature guitar work and musicianship,well paced, well organized, and always musical. As well, Larson has managed to weave some very sophisticated and chop busting complexity into his soulful compositions. Jennifer Young (bass) and Dale Moon (drums) are incredible musicians, and lay down a precise, solid and purely musical foundation,exceptional playing and superb sound!!! Young and Moon really lock it up tight while still being able to offer insightful interplay and killer ornamentation. Extremely impressive!!! The entire album flows well, lots of melody and phrasing, a very nice musical geography from beginning to end. The recording/production quality is top notch, having been recorded at the band's own studio, "Avalon Digital Recording Studio" in San Luis Obispo, engineered by ace veteran Kip Stork, produced by Larson and Young. This is an excellent work, and is highly recommended!
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