This is a tremendous work. This is the guitarist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers solo long play. Sometimes a recording is a mood, and this is one. The music is bittersweet. Frusciante's voice is fragile and inviting. The first track is a long opus of guitar yearning called 'Before the Beginning'. This sets the mood of the entire work about creation and longing.
If you are looking for a party record, this is not it. There is a heavy Beatles/John Lennon/Pink Floyd feel to many of these tracks: I am reminded me a bit of Led Zeppelin's 'No Quarter' if it were a whole record! Things pick up a bit on the third song, 'Unreachable', but still its lyrics are full of deep. There is a yearning to this music. I would think he's a very spiritual person. He sings in a falsetto on 'God' over a wash of melody and electric piano. Still there is movement. His voice is like Art Garfunkel on many tracks, but utilizing backwards echos and reverberations. Something very soulful. I am sure he was raised on 70's American radio.
'Enough of Me' is a whimsical journey, eyes opening around a very sweet melody. There is much gospel leanings. The album carries this feel throughout. Perhaps he is a Christian. This is an interesting tidbit.
There is nothing commercial here: this is an artist. Congratulations.
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