thisquietarmy - Erosion
Released: September 18 Consisting of four intertwined yet discrete tubes, Erosion is a massive block of experimental guitar textures fed through all manners of manipulative effects to create these almost hyper-expansive soundscapes. You might expect it be all manipulation of feedback loops, and that is part of it. But Eric Quach, under his alias of thisquietarmy, has a rather peculiar knack for including more conventional techniques in along with his manipulation of feedback and electronic noise. For most of the first quarter, signified as “Groundswell” these massive waves of distorted feedback rule the day, slowly ebbing in and out like waves crashing on to the shore and then receding in a swell of distortion. The following track however, leaves this distortion mostly behind, focusing on a repeated washed out chord that loops itself over and over. In the peripheries of the track though, waves of soft distortion float around as a synth-like drone slowly works its way into t...
