I’m willing to bet that Strat Andriotis’ first name is actually “Stratos (meaning ‘soldier’) in his native Greek language, but since he plays the Fender Strat, the name fits well, as he sounds like he was born with it in his hands. Best of all is that he has a nice rich unique sound of his own, and with Tom Altobelli-Joel Banks/b and Vincent Walters-Alex Karcza/dr he delivers an album punches and jabs like Floyd Mayweather. The strings are thick and tasty on the kinetic “Dominions” and soars over Walters’ simmering sticks on “Replaced”. Most fun are a pair of Monkish tunes that use space as well as sound, with “Will It Ever Be The Same” cleverly quirky and the bluesy “Exits” that has Andriotis mixing spaces between notes with ultra cramped crumplings. He and Altobelli are fragrant on “Between You and Me” while he gets clever and funky with Banks and Karcza on the back-beating “While We Wait”. No dead ends on this guy’s directions.