GREG MENDEZ [LP]

For Greg Mendez, reflection doesn't mean a static image
in a mirror, or even a face he recognizes. It's more a
kaleidoscopic mirage, where paths taken shapeshift with
the prospect of paths untread, and the subconscious
merges with the intentional. On his self-titled new album,
the Philadelphia-based songwriter and
multi-instrumentalist investigates the shaky camera of
memory, striving to carve out a collage that points to a
truth. But there isn't a regimented actuality here; instead,
Mendez highlights the merit in many truths, and many
lives, and how even the hardest truths can still contain
some humor.