Expose Your Eyes is the work of Paul Harrison, who has also been involved in such acts as Smell and Quim, and Howard Stelzer has been working in the experimental music scene for well over two decades now and is the man behind the Noisy Bandcamp site (along with being everyone’s favorite 6th grade teacher). I had previously reviewed one of Stelzer’s collaborations (with Seht), but this was my introduction to Expose Your Eyes. This disc consists of one 33 minute track, so let’s get into it and see what this sounds like.

You could easily think of this as a series of movements that somehow hang together. The opening sounds like something from Lawrence Welk or a Disney film, but before you know it, the piece has evolved into a slow, plodding drone, punctuated by what seems to be bass guitar strums. Eventually the bass leaves and the track becomes noisier, with analog sweeps coming in and out. This is a continually shifting piece that constantly brings in bits of noise, some drum beats, some rattling metal, a bit of voice, some synth - whatever they had lying around seemed to get shoved into the mix. The overall effect is almost peaceful and reminds me of some of Hafler Trio's long form works.

Overall, if you are looking for experimental music that has some noisy elements, but never quite ends up being noise, this is worth checking out. Evidently, there is also a special edition housed inside an old book which has been painted and hollowed out in order to hold the CD, but that is limited to 25 copies and if you want one of those, you will want to act quickly. This disc weighs in at 33:13.