This avant guard artist Rich Bennett is back and more ethereal than ever! Wow. Seriously, if you are on holiday in a classic car like a Fiat or a Alfa Romero both from the 60's climbing through the alps with a great (I mean a really great) sound system, you will need this to be playing. The songs are each a mini-movie of some sort. In fact, I put on the Anton Corbin movie 'Linear' on the youtube but muted the sound but let 'DiBenedetto' play instead and it is Magnificent! Try it!
Linear - Anton Corbijn
It is like the Pink Floyd and the Wizard of Oz!
It is hard to talk about individual tracks. Track four soars with the melodies of such guitar greats like Eric Johnson and Guy Mann-Dude's more subtle work. Some of the bass playing is very reminiscent of an 80's Tony Levin, or maybe a Pino Palladino's work on Don Henley's 'Sunset Grill' or perhaps the fretless stylings on 'Ten' of Jeff Ament. If I were you, I would dig out that old Boss Chorus pedal and be ready for the comeback because this album is going to bring it back in style single-handedly! Ha ha!
The last song is the stunning 'Oss' which features a delicate piano. If there's a track yearning for a vocal on this EP, this would be it, although I can't imagine what that vocal might be in fact so maybe I'm in error. This song brought up some strange emotions in me so I listened to it intently, and more than once, but mostly because it is quite short in duration.
Another amazing release by Bennett, and certainly leaves the listener yearning for more.
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