Zero Words Or Less

Canadian guitarist Andrew Roudny believes in songs. Accordingly, his debut instrumental, EP-length CD, Zero Words Or Less, drips with melody, highly energetic playing, and off-the-hook soloing. Clearly a man who practices what he preaches, Roudny is tired of the standard chops-heavy and forgettable albums he's found in the instrumental rock arena, so he's released an album of engaging, recognizable tunes. He's recruited some of Toronto's finest musicians to back his fleet-fingered guitar, and the result is a guitar-oriented feast of mischief and mayhem. Roudny may be on to something here, the next step would be to expand the concept to a full album's worth of material, and a career's worth of album releases - then we'll see if the world of instrumental rock can catch up.