On Dallas Perkins’ latest release Experimental Truth, his stellar technical proficiency and dexterity are on full display and thus we are now hearing six-string wisdom come to full fruition.

Showcasing a guitarist that is clearly steeped in melody, the music allows us to join the conversation with breathing room, suspense, and brilliantly placed pauses in these layered compositions.

Indeed, Perkins is not just a guitarist with attention grabbing technique, he is a composer reflecting influences spanning centuries of music history absorbed and personalized over decades finally distilled into a singular artistic statement.

1. Beck Street
2. Deus XM
3. Dynamic Equilibrium
4. Mexican Puppets
5. Monolith
6. Inter Meshing Spectra
7. Azul
8. In Via Domum
9. Jagwired

This thunderously magnificent guitar album opens on the roaring Beck Street and the atmospherically-charged, short but sweet Deus XM, and then brings us the free wheeling Dynamic Equilibrium, the self-sufficiently crafted Mexican Puppets, and one of my own personal favorites, the aptly-named, rhythmically forthright, menhir-embued Monolith.

Along next is the gorgeous speed racer hue found within Inter Meshing Spectra, the, at first quiet build via reverberation, then later a very Queen-esque homage breaks forth that brings us Azul, the album rounding out on the quiet resolve of balladry within In Via Domum, closing on the out-the-gate, electrical spark of Jagwired.

Dallas has said of Experimental Truth: “With this album, I really wanted to grab the listener’s attention with harmonic complexity and melodic simplicity. My hope is that it will satisfy fans of my previous work. But beyond that, my goal was to create a cohesive theme connecting each composition as in the spirit of the concept album.”

“With the absence of lyrical content, I wanted the music to stand on its own and perhaps evoke a visual dimension. In short, I hope to inspire each listener’s imagination to create their own interpretation and imagery.”

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