Painted Shield - Painted Shield In Stock Composer-arranger and bandleader David Sanford

Composer-arranger and bandleader David Sanford has a capacious musical mind

but instead immerses itself to flourish into a beautifully complicated

where simplicity gains the features of conscious artistry

Stan Mosley

followed by the sorrowful opening Sinfonia of BWV12 (in which the oboe originally takes the starring role)

Painted Shield - Painted Shield In Stock Composer-arranger and bandleader David SanfordSometimes an album by a new band gets everything right. Such is the case with Painted Shield and their eponymous debut release. Rather than sounding like a tentative identikit of musical styles, it's a brilliantly conceived, bold and cohesive portrait of it's creators chiefly Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard, singer songwriter Mason Jennings and drumming star Matt Chamberlain and a clear eyed statement of purpose. Driven by pulse racing electronic