In January 2008, Adam McGill wrote about the forthcoming solo record from Jeff Ryan (aka Myopic), titled Plays in Pieces. It had been reviewed (favorably) on NPR’s Open Mic website, it was recorded by noted producer Stuart Sikes, and it featured Ryan playing “stark and minimalist” and “layered and complex” melodies on piano, Rhodes, guitar, bells, and drums. We mentioned at the end of the short piece that it was due in stores in February.
Okay, so we jumped the gun. But you can finally get it, via Simulacra Records, and all the things Adam said before remain true. All we’ll add — since, full disclosure, Ryan’s son Alexander is my son’s best friend and, as such, we all had dinner last night at Lovers Pizza in Casa Linda (represent!), where he told me this — expect a proper CD release shindig at Good Records in the near future.
