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It's about time!!!!
I don't have the cd in front of me to give a song by song review but after listening to this cd 100 or so times i think i can give a review without it. First of all, if you were ever a Saigon Kick fan you will like this cd. The band Matt used on this cd is great!! The drummer Jonathan Mover once played with Joe Satriani, the guitarist was once a South Florida guitar hero and was known to be a shred type player in a band called Tuff Luck. Both of these guys had alot to do with the recording and mixing of this cd. I think as like a favor to Matt or something. Yeah, this cd was made with a low budget and you can tell. It sounds like a great demo type recording. Very raw and dry sounding meaning that there are little effects on this cd. But alot of cd's recorded today are purposly recorded this way so it works. But Saigon was a over produced band so it was different hearing Matt without all the effects and of course Jason's harmonies. Matt wrote all the lyric's on this cd but the music came from various musicians including George Lynch (from the Stonehouse project). The different writing on this cd brings a wide variety of styles to this cd as one would think. Just about every song is different which means this is for the open-minded listener (Me!). Now about Matt, again the vocals were recorded dry,the lyric's grow on you, he sings well but you can tell Jason is not there any more. Matt greatness as a singer is his the heart and emotion he puts in his performances. You can connect with him in some way and I feel Saigon was missing that once Matt was gone. Therefore, Saigon lost there magic without Matt even though they wrote some great stuff without him. But it wasn't the same.
Standout songs are "So long", "Soul Star", and "If God could hear me now". This cd was long overdue and thank God it was not disappointing after a 10 year wait. For more info check out mattkramer.net.

It's great to hear Matt again.
This is a great album, with excellent songs from the original Saigon Kick vocalist. It is not as good as Saigon Kick's debut album, but better than The Lizard and just blows away anything the Jason Bieler fronted Saigon Kick ever did!
I was rather surprised that someone who hadn't released an album in over 10 yrs could comeback with something this good. But am more than pleased that he did.