First thought? It doesn’t sound like someone trying too hard, which is always a relief. It’s not that self-important throb you sometimes get with ambient. It’s... like catching the first snow after a summer that stretched on way too long. Remember those hazy August days? They feel like distant echoes now, don’t they? https://open.spotify.com/album/1tWE8Gn8bh0iIj8srA29wy?si=wNlwKXSzTNeet5-M87przg This single paints with sonic snow, and the whole picture is soft...

On their sweeping new single “In the Silence of the Hills,” transatlantic duo Moon and Aries retreat from metropolitan chaos into an austere, windswept sanctuary. Serving as the fourth preview of their upcoming EP, “Prairie Souls,” the track trades modern sensory overstimulation for a deep, deliberate pause. https://open.spotify.com/track/3NCY5OjqH7Q0OSXECxUkEJ?si=NA0BlDoITLad7V9J0COvdw Collaborating across continents between Kelowna, Canada, and Cologne, Germany, singer-songwriter and lyricist Jordana Moon and composer-producer Tom Aries...