View basket “Skinwalker” has been added to your basket. The Empyrean – 10 Year Anniverssary Issue John Frusciante SKU: RCM101120LP Barcode: 0811481011207 28.00 £28.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Record Collection Released Date: 26th May 2023 Buying Format: 2LP Includes Download Code Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info 10 year anniverssary vinyl reissue of “The Empyrean” By John Frusciante cut for the original analog tapes at Bernie Grundman’s mastering. includes hi res audio download card. After lying low for a few years after a tremendous burst of activity in 2004, John Frusciante is back with another solo album, Empyrean. It starts out with a fantastic instrumental called “Before the Beginning”: a great minor key guitar solo, replete with echoplexed drums that was surely inspired by “Maggot Brain.” After that, it’s back to the kind of introspective songs that have characterized much of his solo work. His singing is actually pretty remarkable considering his initial forays into vocals. He sounds confident and assured, even as the subject matter wrestles with dark thoughts and doubt. The songs tend to be fairly spare with guitar, electric piano, bass and drums with strings adding some lushness towards the end. Frusciante also uses the studio as an instrument à la Eno, adding cool treatments to nearly every song. Some of the songs are a bit mopey and the subject matter is often on the heavy end, but “Dark/Light” shifts gears nicely (dark to light?) where the heavy reverb and piano of “Dark” gives way to the cheesy rhythm box and falsetto vocals of “Light,” which leads into a nice bass-driven coda with choir. “Enough of Me” also features Johnny Marr on guitar, and one of them turns in a really nice Robert Fripp guitar solo. “One More of Me” is just strings and electric piano with Frusciante seemingly trying to sound like Stephin Merritt. Frusciante has done a nice job of carving an identity completely separate from his main gig, and Empyrean fits nicely with his other solo albums. ~ Sean Westergaard Artist John Frusciante Genre Rock And Pop Label Record Collection Buying Options 2LP Includes Download Code Format 2LP Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings Before The Beginning Song To The Siren Unreachable God Dark/Light Heaven Enough Of Me Central One More Of Me After The Ending Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from John Frusciante and more from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View John Frusciante Maya Rock And Pop | Timesig | 2LP Released 23rd October 2020 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders John Frusciante Maya £21.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Timesig SKU: TIMESIG011 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 23rd October 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View John Frusciante Curtains Rock And Pop | Record Collection | 1LP Released 26th May 2023 £24.00 Back Order View 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