#alien observer

“going to take a spaceship fly back to the stars alien observer in a world that isn't mine”

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Grouper

(Source); A I A: Alien Observer - Grouper

The moon is sharp, I can feel it. The moon glows over water, there is no one in the water after dark, there is no one in the water I don't see anything else but you in the dark. You're just light upon the dark, I want to hold you in the moon, my arms wrapped around your shoulders.

Liz Harris’ best releases, when I go to write about them, sound brimming with cliché. Engrossing? Ethereal? Delicate? Unsettling? Dense? Detailed? Melancholic? I’m tired of most of these words. Plus, they don’t really capture Harris’ music with real accuracy. Her music fits those descriptors in a very singular way, as in they all pretty much fit all of her music, most of the time – and so there isn’t one appropriate, accurate term that does her justice.

In truth, while I appreciate why so many may enjoy both A I A releases, I don’t quite understand the severity of the hype. They’re accessible, which might explain some of that reverence. The lead melodies are, in particular, obvious and pretty enough to be great gateways into other works of ambient music. And perhaps that’s why, of the two, I prefer Dream Loss. Its changes are more incremental, monumental. Its atmosphere is fuller, not so much emanating from a point (as Alien Observer emanates from melody), but a sound that approaches outwards in.

Ambient music should be more accessible and works like A I A only help make it so. Who am I to dare disturb consensus?