This is the Australian guitarist’s seventh release. Of which, six have been EP’s and only one album. They seem to favour the shorter format and releasing more frequently, as those have all been released since 2011.
Now, I love instrumental albums especially where the guitar is a focus. Plini is from that modern school of playing where drop tuning is the norm to create deep rhythm tracks where the guitar has room to play over the top. Opener Kind is just that, with an excellent choppy fusion groove. Salt+Charcoal is a continuation with the deep and heavy bass groove laying a killer foundation for Plini to lay melodic beauty over the top.
A very smooth jazz piano intro, with a killer bass tone lays at the intro to Flaneur. The tune then opens up with that deep groove, carrying the whole thing along. My favourite track however is the final and title track, Sunhead. A very gentle intro before that deep crushing riff pounds the listener, before we return to melody.
I love Plini and he can do no wrong in my eyes, but I do get how this is not everyone’s taste.
9/10 from The Grooveman.
