Doubters beware: Michael Sweet is making relevant music in the 90's (reference: the title track and "Wool & Chiffon"). This, his third solo album and first independently-released effort, is a collection of ten songs that he wrote and decided to include himself, without the constraints and direction of a Nashvillian influence. There are new musical sides here that we've never heard, and there are also glimpses of the Michael Sweet material that sound like they could have been on either one of his last two solo albums ("Blue Bleeds Through," for example). We even get a mixture of the two worlds on a few songs, like the schizoid "I Am Adam" and "Achilles Heel." To some, the crafting of melodic hard rock is a lost artform, which keeps those who make it pressured to do it well. Michael Sweet succeeds. For ordering info, see ad this issue.