With “Island Lantern Festival”, Tony Frissore manages to soundtrack a specific kind of mental vacation I didn’t realize I was overdue for taking. Ostensibly an instrumental nod to the Lunar New Year and the hopefulness of renewal, this piece operates less like a celebration and more like a gentle exhalation. https://open.spotify.com/album/3n43BcxSnavYKC0wt28GNu?si=E_50eQ_lQomyHT1RsD2Jrg It starts wet with the actual crash of ocean waves before slowly drifting inland. I...

There is something distinctly architectural about the way Suris constructed "Rare Brew," the latest collection from the husband-and-wife duo Lindsey and David Mackie. While this release bills itself as a curated retrospective remastered for 2025, calling it a "greatest hits" feels like a disservice it is more like wandering through a house where every room operates under a different law of physics. https://open.spotify.com/album/2lJujS5F8Ch91IQXLzlBGo?si=n-5V5DyFSUq9b81ao11SSg You start on...