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Fernando Perdomo

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Review by Gary Hill

I have reviewed quite a bit of stuff from Fernando Perdomo. He's a very busy musician, showing up on a lot of different albums. This latest solo album from him has some definite charms. I have to say that for me the vocals don't always gel. The music is top-notch from start to finish. This is made up of a number of "normal" length songs and one massive epic piece. There is quite a range in musical style, too.

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Track by Track Review
Searching For Myself
This number has a bit of Beatles via George Harrison vibe to me. It's melodic rock sounding with some definite symphonic angles along with some psychedelia in the mix. The vocals remind me a little of Peter Criss.
Everything Leads To Now

Feeling a little more like a folk rock song, this is on the mellow side. It's not as strong as the opener, but still works pretty well.

Optimist Prime

More of a driving rocker, this has an alternative rock vibe to it. It's not bad, but not a standout.

Absolute Silence

Feeling a little like Meddle-era Pink Floyd instrumentally, the vocals don't really work for me. It gets a little Beatles-like at times, too. I think this would work better strictly as an instrumental.

Who I Really Am

More of a rocker, this has some space and prog angles in the mix. I really love the scorching electric guitar solo. The fusionish vibes beyond that are great, too.

All Of Us Under The Same Moon

This intricate acoustic guitar solo is pure magic. It reminds me a little of something Steve Hackett or Anthony Phillips might do.

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At nearly twenty-minutes long, this is the epic of the disc, by a long-shot. It comes in trippy and psychedelic and works out to proggy territory as it continues. This works out to some spacey stuff at times. It also gets into soaring prog zones. Around the six-minute mark, this turns to some seriously freaky space stuff. It works upward to psychedelic prog based stuff as it comes out of that. I really like the acoustic guitar driven section around the 12-minute mark a lot. It's another that calls to mind Pink Floyd for me. That eventually builds out into more powered up prog jamming. It becomes quite the powerhouse before its done.

 
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