Shrouded Day, the brainchild of Omaha-based flutist and keyboardist Dan M., returns with the 15th Anniversary Edition of "Legend of the Shadow-Touched." An album, and a hefty one at that, boasting 17 instrumental tracks that promise—and largely deliver—a journey into the slightly peculiar intersection of Tangerine Dream and...Jethro Tull? https://open.spotify.com/album/2NcQYI1T9FolykjnzQ8fh2?si=vluXdPMlQf-tuRO6WCw63g The core of "Legend of the Shadow-Touched" revolves around themes of alienation and personal growth. But...

When I hit play on the Deemon Diamonds Community Choir and their latest offering "Now Christmas Can Begin", I wasn't expecting the sudden urge to check the locks on my front door—not out of fear, but out of a latent, dusty anticipation I haven't felt since I was six years old. https://open.spotify.com/track/4iURbAzzxDLsHch1fKXm36?si=d6fb496a3b4346d6 This collective from Barrow-in-Furness has constructed something curious here. Musically, it is a blanket...