‘ Waves 7’ stays the course of the Waves series as we enter the dog days of summer. Multitalented producer and guitarist Fernando Perdomo delivers another 10 songs for July, which run the prog-instrumental gamut. The album, available in digital and CD formats via https://fernandoperdomo.bandcamp.com/album/waves-7, starts with the mesmerizing “Sunrise Lightship”. Perdomo utilizes his armada of sythns, keyboards and guitars to create a shimmering track with guitars and keyboards and percussion create a world of vivid colors and reflections. The song could have fit on Pink Floyd’s ‘The Endless River’ given the use of ethereal keyboards, melodic drumming, and dazzling lead guitars. 

“Mirror Image Mirage” finds Perdomo in the world of lap steel guitars, finger-picked electric passages, and lead guitars that slice through the waves before the song fades upon the shore. “ Majestic AF” offers a delightful contrast with its aggressive lead guitar lines, pulsating tom-tom driven drums, and ’90s era synth stylings. The song could easily be cast as a theme of football matches, at least the part of the song before the balls-to-the-wall end guitar solo. “Resolution” is another favorite. In the pocket drumming and distorted echoey lead guitar, the gentle acoustic guitar combines to make a rolling and fascinating tune with a solo similar to David Gilmour. “Drums of Peace” shifts the mood with its lead guitar’s defending passages, creating tension further bolstered by the metallic drumming, staccato bass, and expressive sitar solos. Somehow, Perdomo makes this the final product more than the sum of its parts.

‘Waves 7’ ends with “George’s Garden,” a mid-tempo power-packed guitar-drenched tune with swirling electric guitars, rhythmic acoustic work, and straightforward 3/4-time drumming. The song builds on its main sonic theme with some of Perdomo’s most aggressive electric guitar work before the closing track, Sunset Moonrise, with its brooding melodic guitar leads, brings Waves 7 to a drenching conclusion. 

Fernando Perdomo’s ‘Waves 7’ is out now on Bandcamp.