DAY 4
Eric Fourman - Nonprescription (2013)
Genres (according to Bandcamp): Ambient, Drone, Free Improvisation, Progressive Electronic
Thoughts Before Listening to This: I wasn’t going to review one of Eric Fourman’s albums, but after recently falling in love with his albums
Vision and
Balance, I went on Bandcamp to get his most recent albums. I saw that this one was his most recent (he released it a few weeks ago), so I decided to review it today. I’m worse at reviewing ambient than I am at reviewing every other genre, though, so this should be a pretty short review.
Well, this didn’t start the way I expected it to.
Supplement consists of mostly improvised (at least, I think that it’s improvised) keyboard playing, although some drones come in about halfway through the track.
Amphetamine Salts consists of some lush drones for the first five minutes, until it stops, manages to sound a bit bleaker, and then returns to the mood that was present a bit earlier... until some slightly menacing keyboards come into play.
Blood Thinner seems more like a combination of both of the previous tracks, with some drones similar to that of
Amphetamine Salts playing throughout the entire track, but with some keyboard playing similar to
Supplement being introduced halfway through the track (noticing a pattern here). The album closes with
Monosulfate, which begins with some really menacing noises that resembles the sound of wind in a harsh storm that slowly morphs into a track that sounds like a combination of the other tracks. Despite how repetitive I made this album sound, it manages to sound beautiful during it’s entirety, and I absolutely love it.
Conclusion: I ****ing love this. This probably won’t impress those who have heard a lot more ambient that I have that much, but I’m probably going to be listening to this a few more times during this week.
4.5/5
(EDIT: After another listen, I have to say that it's not as enchanting as it was last night, but I'll still give it a 4/5)
(Due to how obscure this guy is, there aren't any uploads of his tracks on YouTube. This album (as well as every one of Eric Fourman's other albums) is on Bandcamp for free if anyone's interested, though)