One rarely encounters a title as forthright in its ambition as what Nikiré offers with "ETERNITY beneath the stars of God." This single from Tom Arild Junge’s philosophical project is not something you’d play while sorting the recycling; it demands, and subsequently creates, a specific kind of quiet. The Enya comparison is there, certainly—a female voice gliding over vast, ambient soundscapes—but the effect is...

Lockdown Co., that dynamic London trio, has dropped "Frontier," an EP that feels like a sonic geology lesson. Leah Bell-Miller’s vocals add a new dimension to the already established foundation constructed by Lloyd Meeks on guitars and production and Doug Rimington battering the drums and bass. But instead of predictable sedimentary layers, we're talking volcanic upheavals and metamorphic shifts. https://open.spotify.com/album/2PkzXrktseJE4dHCLjkXI1?si=3emt8Cf-Q3a78OFWuxwuUw This EP, a cocktail of hard...