My Transparent Eye brings a rock/pop set to the Knitting Factory, sharing the bill with Mila Degray. The group works in tight songs where clean hooks sit beside rougher edges, suggesting a preoccupation with how private feeling survives public noise. In a city where club stages often double as testing grounds, this reads as part of New York’s ongoing tradition of bands shaping material in front of an audience. One clear strength is the restraint: the arrangements leave space for lyrics to land.