By: Elizabeth Jacobsen
et's face it: Critics are not the audience for rock instrumental albums such as
this. Ironically, most of us are not musically taught; if we were, we probably
would've taken up instruments instead of pens. Technically speaking, I am oblivious
to the guitar mastery that Andrew Roudny has on display here. I'm sure that the
enlightened will be analyzing each riff. From my viewpoint, Roudny has done
something that is difficult to pull off: a record without lyrics that not only can
sustain the interest of your everyday listener but engage him or her as well. The
difference is in Roudny's commitment to crafting steel-solid hooks. What are words
for?
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