Album Review: Spheres from Scott Emmerman
Album: Spheres Artist: Scott Emmerman Label: Self-Released Website: scottemmerman.bandcamp.com Power guitar rock seems to be a theme of days gone by but guitarist, composer, and arranger Scott Emmerman revives the custom, infusing trimmings of funky dances grooves gilded in ambient jazz hues and ribbed in soft R&B-encrusted knolls crooning along his latest release Spheres . A refined outgrowth of power rock, Emmerman's music has an adult contemporary sheen and world class luster. Recorded in the spring of 2023, the recording features Emmerman's long-time friend, collaborator and drummer Marty Zevin. Eight compositions out of the ten-track CD are originals written by Emmerman. One of the other two tracks is a profusion of psychedelics, produced by lofty synth effects that create a prismatic glaze across "Judgement Day," a collaboration with Emmerman and Zevin. The last track is a cover. as Emmerman navigates the hit song for the R&B...