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Aeroc Geoff White, aka Aeroc (pronounced "EYE-rock") brings us his striking new record, the flowing, conceptual Viscous Solid as his debut offering on Ghostly Records. This lush, ambient record was amazingly crafted using only White's own acoustic guitar lines and his extraordinary sound formation and manipulation skills, although the listener will swear they are hearing much more - recordings, organs, at least a drum kit. The plucks and strums of the acoustic guitar remains a recognizable component in only a few select tracks such as the album opener My Love, the Wave Break where it dances in an intricate pattern with the evolving shuffling beat and again on Mahy with it's rich melodic plucking over a warm ambient background. Tracks smoothly flow into one another with only the occasional drone or whispery soundscape as a transition giving the feeling that this record is moving in a intentional direction and not just an experimentation in sound creation. Highlight track Rusted Dress Up is the most upbeat moment, a mid-tempo glitchy turning point that keeps the mood from delving too deep and dark only to be plummeted back down to the previous mysterious hushed tone before you realize it. The next bit of relief comes near the conclusion with the building, chiming percussion and swinging jazz-funk beat of Please Go Wrong. Exhibiting precise control over the the subtlties and textures that will keep you busy through multiple listens trying to break them apart, White has proven himself a master of his craft. This work is all the more impressive once you find out that there is nothing there except an acoustic guitar. Even though this fact won't come as a surprise to you, having read this, what you hear will. |
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