Re-Plaid
(Released, February 1998)

Players

Matt Gorney: Bass, Drums, Guitars, Lead and Backing Vocals
John Gorney: Keyboards, Lead and Backing Vocals
Mark Mistysyn: Guitars, Lead and Backing Vocals

Track Listing

1. The Rush That Fills Me (J.Gorney) *
2. Hero's Anthem (M.Gorney)
3. A Million Dreams (M.Gorney)
4. Little Angel (J.Gorney)
5. Life is Too Short (M.Gorney)
6. Self-Defeatist Attitude (Mistysyn)
7. Pop Song (M.Gorney)
8. End of the World (M.Gorney)
9. Internet (M.Gorney)
10. Holding You Dea r(J.Gorney)
11. Simple (M.Gorney)
12. Tearing Down Heaven (J.Gorney)
13. Autumn (M.Gorney)
14. So I Go (M.Gorney)
15. You're Hot, You're Cold (J.Gorney)
16. Alive (M.Gorney)

* J. Gorney: drums and bass

Review

Much better than it's predecessor, Re-Plaid doesn't disappoint.  Matt Gorney is at his best here with songs of diverse styles, arrangements, and of course, more hooks than a coat factory.  (Hinted at in the past few ablbums, we really start to see the bias of the reviewer coming through here. Can anyone guess who that reviewer is????) Re-Plaid's three catchiest songs are of the tongue-in-cheek variety.  Internet, Pop Song, and the Mark Mistysyn-penned anthem Self-Defeatist Attitude are instantly likable and fun.  Life is Too Short is another in a long, long line of well-crafted Matt Gorney songs, heavy with melody, and rich with harmony.  Matt also delivers a Led Zeppelineque offering, Autumn, complete with 12-string accoustic guitars, bongos, a Jimmy Page style riff, and vocals in the Robert Plant motif. Tearing Down Heaven is another solid John tune, simple in structure and economical in chords.  John the minimalist has spoken.  An oddity here is the nine-plus minute epic Alive, a song length usually reserved for John. Alive is unique for Shitar bridging styles as diverse as metal, folk, and eastern.  It is most akin to Sleep, though far superior.  An interesting musical journey indeed.

Rating (Out of *****)

****

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