Shove The Sun Aside

After touring around the world as a supporting guitarist for Steve Vai's band, Dave Weiner has built up a faithful following that knows him by name. With virtuoso performances from bassists Philip Bynoe and Graeme Rappaport, and drummers Virgil Donati and Steve Wilson, Shove The Sun Aside offers brilliant trio work that leads the listener along gorgeous musical landscapes, with the notes of Dave's guitar confidently leading the way. With a melodic style all his own, he creates a series of "sonic pictures" throughout, subtly shifting instrumentation and textures. The soaring opening track, "Andonova," provides an aerial overview of landscapes to come, lush and full of promise, and it bursts dramatically into the driving and kinetic "Long Run," a piece that darts in and out in between movements more like a symphony than a rock song. Notes float on the air, often spare and deliberate, sometimes striking in a burst of light.