Instrumental
Iinternational relevance: **
Thomas Almqvist's second solo effort is an altogether different beast to his debut "Nyanser" released a year earlier. Gone are (most of) the tranquil new age styled relaxation pieces for acoustic guitars, and in its place, more complex and fusion invoked workouts with a full band on several of the cuts. The title of the opening number "L.A. Exit" suggests the same studio gloss of L.A. Express's stockbroker fusion as the the music itself. While some tracks are still acoustic, they too reveal a change in aesthetics. Although I'd never listen to fusion unless I had this blog or was threatened by blunt force to my head (perhaps not even then), I can still distinguish good fusion from bad fusion, and this falls heavy in the latter category.
At least "Nyanser" had its qualities as unintrusive and faceless background music perfect for watering your plants or wiping the dust you've put of wiping off the shelves for far too long already, but this is just plain boring.
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