"Don't Be Afraid" is the very personal experiment of what I assume might be NYC-based frustrated classical tuba player who decided to breath new air into his instrument (literally and figuratively speaking!). As you can figure out if you read the review of Wolff's live show at Piano's (cmp concert reviews section), Brian Wolff basically creates all sounds through the tuba. Anything you hear, be it a kick drum thump, a sharp hi hat type swoosh, a distorted vocal, a metallic percussive sound or most anything else, comes from or is blown through the tuba. Most sounds Brian creates with his mouth but occasionally he will hammer on his tuba with metallic parts or with his hands. The tunes are minimalistic but have a defined structure and arrangement (it is not just purely improvised avantgarde stuff). Hell Brian even has lyrics for his songs (which he dutifully enclosed in this beautifully packaged recycled cardboard folding CD enclosure jacket). Due to the marching military-type aura that brass instruments convey to the music you might find yourself (I did) thinking of Laibach or Cop Shoot Cop as influences but there is more to that and it is up to you to discover it. It certainly shines for originality!