Milan Polak: getting rave reviews for the new CD.

What I most enjoy about Milan is his ability to allow his guitar play and songwriting to co-exist without coming off as self-indulgent or excessive. The talk box solo within “Fake” for instance brings me back to my first time hearing Peter Frampton on his “Frampton Comes Alive” extravaganza, while the six minute plus closer “The Mystery of Life” showcases another dimension with it’s slow, quiet epic leaning tendencies. Even the clean sections of the opening title track contain those echo-like guitar chimes that Randy Rhoads made famous on “Diary Of A Madman”. You won’t be faced with a huge synthetic sound on “Murphy’s Law” - the album has that jumpy tone that translates vibrantly for the live shows.

Two winners in a row for Milan- I’d much rather hear this material spilling forth on all rock radio stations than the same 20 song tight play list which has me running for the disc player.
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Milan Polak
Murphy`s Law (CD)

After two instrumental releases Milan Polak released his first vocal album "Straight" in 2007. Now two years on, Murphy's Law is the perfect extension of its predecessor with a more modern sound, heavier, less bluesy, more guitar (e.g. the title track), more progressive (e.g. "Sheeple", "The Mystery Of Life"), more choirs and backing vocals (e.g. "Inner Truth") and even some Oriental sounds (e.g. "No God", "Inner Truth") and a great representation of an artist that is delivering music true to his soul and ideals in life. Murphy's Law is an accessible album full of strong vocal hooks, great guitar work and mature song writing from one of Europe's most in demand session musicians who is now forging his own fan base. Lyrically the album deals with social issues, mass media manipulation and other issues of modern day life (e.g. "Wannabes", "Alien Nation", "Sheeple") being the main overriding factor influencing Milan's work. (Electric (Heavy)/Hard Rock), total running time, 46:04

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