Adam Moore - Curious Liquid

...with all the bass and drum parts played by the guy, not to mention the fact that he produced, wrote and arranged everything on here, and it's clear that we're dealing with a right clever bloke - I'm so jealous I stopped turning red three hours ago. You see, not only is he immensely talented at playing, he can compose a mean tune, too. The result being this assemblage of 12 instrumental tracks that are firmly in the 'rock guitar' mould, but without anything bombastic or overly widdly or overly fast - in fact anything that would make you want to turn away from it. It's wonderful stuff as the average length track totals around four minutes or so, just right to allow the main melodies to shine as the electric guitar work steps forward to centre stage and just takes off, sometimes soaring like a bird in flight, sometimes flying overhead like a waiting vulture, other times taking off like a rocket. From solid and powerful to heartfelt and expansive, There's the obligatory acoustic track but even that's superb in the context of the album as a whole, while many of the tracks are more powerful arrangements, none of them what you'd call particularly 'metallic', and all of them far too melodic to be called 'fusion'. Instead, it's rock solid, rocking guitar-led music with a sea of sizzling solos from start to finish, a series of tracks based around crisply produced and strong rhythms, and an album to which you warm quite happily, as its immediate charms become more long-lasting with every play.
Andy Garibaldi (CD Services/Dead Earnest)