A third guitarist changes a band’s angle. Santa Claws put that fact at the centre of "Sands Of Time". The Brittany five-piece return with a self-produced second album. Crunchy guitars, close arrangements and rich analogue texture fill its frame. It draws on 1990s rock energy. However, the current lineup brings a clear point of view. This "Sands Of Time" album review starts with the expanded formation:...

Jack Agdur strips away pretense on his meditative new single, “Arche Dream,” offering a contemporary classical piece designed to collapse the distance between sound and lived experience. The pianist approaches the composition with a minimalist discipline, building an introspective sanctuary out of subtle shifts and evolving patterns. https://open.spotify.com/track/5DY5BZwDAbLVD3Kj5HEvU1?si=a4fcf4092aa94881 Though strictly instrumental, the track borrows the effortless intuition of spontaneous singing the kind of subconscious melody you...