Entry 280 - øjeRum - There is a Flaw in My Iris

 

I don't know when the last time was that I heard an acoustic guitar based ambient album. I've got one to two others in my collection but they are exceedingly rare.

There is a Flaw In My Iris is a short eight track album that is almost exclusively based around an acoustic guitar and sparse monotone vocals. It's incredibly minimal and requires quite a bit of patience to get anything out of.

Throughout my first few listens I greatly enjoyed the guitar moments. They have this way of being musical but at the same time allowed to be the primary contributor to the ambience as well. The notes will play and then be allowed to fade into silence. This is where the core balance of the album is, music counteracted by nothingness.

I find this interaction to be fascinating... if a little frustrating. Sometimes the album gets in its own way. The vocal sections in particular do nothing to add to the music and would probably be better left out.

Despite my frustrations with certain parts of the album, overall its a nice listen. It's a decent debut album that experiments with a lot of different concepts. Some fail and some succeed... that's just the way things go with experimental music sometimes.