I have always been a sucker for good guitar work. Whether it was
\nthe “technical sloppiness” of Jimmy Page or Jerry Garcia, or the
\nacoustic show of force from Doug Smith, if the guitarist could make
\ntheir instrument really sing, I was hooked.<\/p>\n
So it’s not surprising that I was so interested in listening to
\nUnassigned Territory<\/i>, the latest release from guitarist
\nDavid Pritchard. Not only is this disc filled with incredibly
\nwritten and played melodies, it is one of the best guitar albums
\nI’ve ever heard.<\/p>\n
The first thing that wows the listener to Pritchard’s playing
\nand style is listening to tracks like “Driven” and the title cut,
\nand later finding out that Pritchard performed all the guitar parts
\nhimself. Even though I am certain this is achieved through the
\nmiracle of multi-tracking, it still is amazing to hear how the
\nguitar parts interweave, creating a structure that is beautiful,
\nbut complicated enough to leave you in awe.<\/p>\n
The second thing that strikes the listener about
\nUnassigned Territory<\/i> is the group of guitarists that
\nPritchard assembled for this album. Granted, I couldn’t pick out
\nPritchard, Joseph Jewell, Dale Turner or Jack Majdecki’s individual
\nperformances if my life depended on it. But what these guitarists
\ndo is combine their playing and styles so that, if you weren’t in
\nthe know, it could have all been performed by one guitarist using
\nmulti-tracking.<\/p>\n
The third “wow” that is in store is the sparing use of vocals,
\nprovided by Teri De Sario. If you’re thinking that name sounds
\nfamiliar and you ever owned a leisure suit, then yes, it’s that
\nTeri De Sario of disco music fame. Now, I know what you’re
\nthinkin’… and it was the same thing I thought too, going into
\nthis album for the first time. Put aside your “disco sucks”
\nprejudices, ’cause what De Sario adds to this album is not what you
\nmight be expecting.<\/p>\n
De Sario’s vocals add another texture into the music, especially
\nnoted on the track “The Language Instinct”. Her vocals tend to
\nfloat above the music, and occasionally swim in the melodies coming
\nfrom four wood-and-metal-string boxes. You would not think that
\nmusic so enchantingly could be created so basically… but is can,
\nand it has been.<\/p>\n
There are rare moments in some songs where the paths that
\nPritchard and the other guitarists take seem to be a tad difficult,
\nbut these moments soon pass. But for these tiny cracks in the
\nsurface,
\nUnassigned Territory<\/i> is a damn near perfect album, combining
\nthe worlds of light jazz, new age, and even a touch of classical,
\ninto a sound that is so unique that it begs to be heard.<\/p>\n
Indulge yourself, and take a walk into
\nUnassigned Territory<\/i>. Chances are you won’t want to
\nleave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[7353],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-38880","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-david-pritchard","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=38880"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=38880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}