the project originally began due to ryan being asked to write a
piece of music for a theatrical production (Edmund) which ran
in Seattle’s Open Circle Theater. Those initial ideas eventually
progressed into writing more sounds and pieces and also by
collaborating w/ members of Pleasant Grove, The Theater Fire,
The Paper Chase, baboon and Crushed Stars, resulting in the
Plays in Pieces ep.

Please note this CD is sold out,
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REVIEWS

Ryan's solo, instrumental project, Myopic, born of ideas surrounding a commissioned theatrical score, slays those same beasts...but with more instruments. The seven-song release, Plays in Pieces, feels familiar, warm and plays like a soundtrack to a movie you know you've seen but just can't place, and that's such a good thing. "As Much As You Can III" is Ira Glass' dream transition music with its tinkling bells that morph into something intense and dreamy, sensitive and bombastic at the same time. "Things I Saw" showcases Ryan's restraint, beautifully simple piano contrasts with Rebecca Howard's dramatic violin resulting in a track that feels like it should play over the close of a tear-stained film, perhaps the same film that opened on better times with the driving, poppy "Fixture."

Because it's layered, dramatic and emotive, it might be tempting to just lump the impressive project in with no-vox bands like Explosions in the Sky, but, as Myopic's name implies, that would just be shortsighted.- dallas observer