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Title: A continuing exploration of the wide open spaces
Review: Guitarist Henry Frayne uses his electric guitar to create atmospheric soundscapes that evoke beautiful desolation and great, open expanses of territory. He does it by allowing his chords to overlap and grow, making what is almost like ambient music at times, especially in some passages of Sands' title track. This new CD is yet another striking collection of guitar instrumentals, similar to the previous two Lanterna discs but with a couple of differences. One is the greater use of the acoustic guitar, giving the disc a pastoral feel at times (on "Fields," for instance). Sands also makes good use of Steven Day as a rhythm section on cuts such "West Side Highway," which is the closest Mr. Frayne has come to doing a straight-ahead rock 'n' roll instrumental. Whatever, the ten tracks on this CD are at various times mesmerizing, ethereal, and even moving. As long as this guy keeps making music, I'll keep buying it.
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