Land Mass, the London-based solo endeavor of Greg Zucker, maps the strange geography of human retreat on the new EP, "Fading". He wrote, recorded, and mixed this entire project himself in an East London flat, and you can almost feel the physical boundaries of that room pressing against the sound. Zucker leans heavily into the bruised, atmospheric territories charted by bands like Slowdive and...

After a lengthy career of working with others, Grey Tower Heights was created as a solo effort. Melancholy permeates the tracks, which deal with the loss of love, fragility, and our frail sense of self. https://soundcloud.com/grey-tower-heights Songs with haunting voices and rich harmonies boost the piano-driven, lyrically sombre, and narratively oriented compositions. In Grey Tower Heights, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, and Nick Cave are among the...