HANDMADE CITIES

The first full outing from Australian guitar virtuoso Plini. Its a pretty run of the mill instrumental-only tech/extreme jazz record, with some songs like Every Piece Matters being on the jazzier side and Cascade being on the heavier djentier side. It can feel somewhat bland and overdone at some points, but the guitar work here is honestly so clean and flawless throughout that its hard not to not give it 4 stars. Definitely a heavier Jazz-fusion record, so if you're into some of the bands like Cynic but maybe can't digest the vocals or the more death metal aspects of that band than this can be a great bridge album, as it is fairly listener friendly and as I mentioned, contains phenomenal guitar work. 3.51 stars