MALCOLM SMITH

Malcolm Smith biography
Malcolm Smith is a San Francisco based guitarist and composer, he's also a founding member of the prog rock band Metaphor, who's been on quite a lengthy hiatus since their latest album The Sparrow came out in 2007.
In the meantime Smith has been working on his first solo album titled We Were Here which came out in 2014, released by Metaphor's own label Trope Audio. For this project Smith enlisted some fine musicians including drummer Mattias Olsson (Necromonkey, White Willow, ex-Anglagard), bassist Loren Gustafson and Metaphor band member keyboardist Marc Spooner.
The neo prog style of Metaphor is still present but that's not all there is to it, the music here is leaning towards fusion realms since the album is mostly instrumental with a lot of room for interplay. There's also a quirky almost avant garde smell to the music bringing artists like Gentle Giant and Frank Zappa to mind.