With Neural Pantheon’s release of "The Merchant's Last Coin", I found myself instinctively clutching my pocket, not to protect my cash, but to make sure the little scraps of my identity were still there. This track operates like a mirror in a dark room—you look into it expecting a reflection, and instead, you see what you’re missing. https://open.spotify.com/track/66qpa63NsFe9KYZLdH1d4y?si=3473b7a01c7f47e2 The soundscape begins with a pulse that feels...

Right, so, Reinis Jaunais. Latvian, guitar-slinger, world-wanderer… makes sense that his new album, "Nest," feels like opening a suitcase overflowing with… things. Not junk, mind you. More like… carefully curated curiosities. Eleven songs, eleven postcards from somewhere just beyond the familiar. https://open.spotify.com/album/5mbemTIWhAYV7fHe5V9562 It's world music, yes, but not in the dusty, anthropological sense. Think more… progressive fusion. A touch of the acoustic guitar played in that...