Thursday, February 26, 2009

John Frusciante's The Empyrean

I think this album is pretty cool. Frusciante really doesn't have a good voice, but he uses a lot of white-man's-Kanye techniques and overdubs and fade-ins/outs that make it sound neat. The guitar playing is obviously awesome, and he has a sick ability to put together a catchy tune. Some real epics on this album; although it's not that different from the sound of Stadium Arcadium, he incorporates a lot of techniques that Kiedis and co. would never allow on one of their albums. I like this track: