At once avant-garde and déjà vu-like, The Earthly Frames’ “Cicatrise Dud” is sharp in the center with outer waves of phantasmagoric margins.
Despite the woeful subject matter, with “The Mill River Flood,” Dave Christman delivers an imaginative meditation on calamity.
Carter Fox’s “Sit Back and Lift” fashions a floating dreamscape, opening a door into a hypnagogic world of halcyon serenity and equanimity.
In a unique, lusciously Americana way, Johnny Pearl’s “Cumberline” conjures up a spellbinding magical quality akin to a vibrant earworm.
At times hushed, at other times expansively lush, Scarlet Veil’s ‘Every Fantasy’ is bewitching, mesmeric, and magnificently appointed.
Highlighted by a breakneck rhythm and lavish synths, Tigran Hamasyan’s “The Kingdom” is a prog-rock-like composition of surging energy.
The mood of ‘Afterall’ is deliciously mellow yet affecting, disclosing wafting washes of guitars and the lingering voice of Ezra Grey.
There’s a casual manner to Eric Schroeder’s vocals, which, with the distinctive harmonics, gives ‘Turned on the Stereo’ a contiguous allure.
Sprawling and full of assorted sonic aspects, Idiot Grins’ Hounds of Mess Around offers listeners a delicious catalog of fusion music.
Without any sharp edges and effervescing with feel-good surfaces, ‘Noah’ showcases NoMBe’s effortless, ever-evolving sound.
Gilded by Sumi X’s fluid, alluring voice, “Say You Love Me” reveals a craving for tangible human interaction.
On ‘So Now What..,’ his second long player, Vi City investigates new electronic textures and demonstrates he’s on the right path.
Saturated in bleeding waves of sound akin to an underground mining process, ‘Amphibian’ exudes secret feelings of thrilling dread.
The dual personality of The Eyebrows’ ‘Double Take’ works: Side 1 delivers more traditional renditions, and Side 2 conveys a visceral core.
Blessed with an expressive, charismatic voice, Dean Harlem doesn’t hold back on ‘Red Oak Hill,’ an engaging collection of ballads and torch songs.