▁heavily ▁ampl ified ▁fusion ▁... ▁Actually , ▁the ▁playing ▁on ▁this ▁album ▁is ▁largely , ▁though ▁not ▁exclus ively , ▁ac oust ic . ▁... ▁And ▁while ▁Lage ▁clearly ▁has ▁ch ops , ▁he ▁doesn ' t ▁beat ▁listen ers ▁over ▁the ▁head ▁with ▁them , ▁or ▁his ▁technique . ▁Lage ▁is ▁very ▁much ▁a ▁story t eller , ▁and ▁that ▁story t eller ▁perspective ▁yields ▁excellent ▁results ▁on ▁Glad well ". ▁ ▁In ▁The ▁Guardian , ▁John ▁Ford ham ▁wrote ▁" G lad well ▁is ▁an ▁inv ig or ating ▁demonstr ation ▁of ▁how ▁v ivid ▁a ▁sound - world ▁can ▁be ▁established ▁by ▁a ▁qu int et ▁of ▁ac oust ic ▁players . ▁It ▁moves ▁from ▁fast - str um med ▁gro o vers ▁over ▁which ▁the ▁c ello ▁and ▁sa x ▁sw irl , ▁then ▁turns ▁into ▁busy ▁city ▁night sc apes ▁full ▁of ▁whisper ing ▁voices , ▁through ▁rom antic ▁ca fe - music ▁pir ou ettings ▁( which ▁become ▁demand ingly ▁per cuss ive ) ▁and ▁finally ▁to ▁del icate , ▁j ig - like ▁mel od ies ▁... ▁this ▁is ▁an ▁album ▁of ▁quiet ▁character ▁for ▁every ▁kind ▁of ▁listener ". ▁ ▁In ▁Jazz Times ▁Bill ▁Be utt ler ▁wrote ▁" Th ese ▁days , ▁though , ▁mus icians ▁are ▁casting ▁wider ▁n ets ▁in ▁their ▁search ▁for ▁new ▁combinations ▁of ▁sounds . ▁A ▁case ▁in ▁point ▁is ▁Glad well , ▁the ▁brilliant ▁young ▁guitar ist ▁Julian ▁Lage ’ s ▁even ▁better ▁follow - up ▁to ▁his