release date: Oct. 26, 2004
format: digital
[album rate: 3 / 5]
Track highlights: 1. "What I Saw" - 2. "The World's Edge" - 4. "A Firm Kick" (4 / 5) - 6. "Emptiness" - 8. "666" - 9. "Interior Two"
6th solo album by John Frusciante is already his third album of the year. Like most of his albums, this one is quite unique in its style. The Will to Death (Jun. 2004) was raw and simple in its alternative singer / songwriter rock style but this differs by being almost hard rock or grunge rock with its heavy metal distorted guitar sound and an occasionally screaming Frusciante. It's quite fascinating how he is capable of making guitar-driven alt rock in a singer / songwriter category and still come up with that many different expressions, experimenting with stylistic changes but still holding an album together as a coherent thing, being both a unique product as well as keeping an eye for good songwriting, compositionally and lyrically.
