Jim Matheos--Away With Words

Jim Matheos--Away With Words (1999/Metal Blade) Rating--7.0

An interesting side-step for the guitarist of Fates Warning, as this is an all-instrumental album, and is not metal. The project has a new-age type of feel, and is a good bit like what Neal Schon (Hardline, Journey) did with his 'Beyond the Thunder' disc (though not quite as good).
There are some occasional violin pieces mixed in, and the music overall might conjure visions of fall days when tree leaves turn colors, and of long walks down secluded mountain passes.
You definitely have to have broader horizons that pure metal to be able to get into this, but it's actually a nice change of pace, and a refreshing endeavor.
TRACK LIST: A Way With Words/Palindrome/Astronomics/The Language of Silence/Piscataquog/A Conference of Clouds/Mumbo Jumbo/Tongue Tied/The Last Light of August/Goodnight, Goodbye

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