Sound Liberation’s “Elegy” isn’t so much an album as it is an unbolting of several sonic cages, letting the inhabitants mingle, argue, and eventually, find a strange, compelling harmony. Gene Pritsker and his rotating ensemble are, as ever, on a crusade against the "segregation of sound vibration," and here, their weapon of choice is grief, remembrance, and an absolutely defiant refusal to sit still...

The Quiet North has crafted something deeply resonant in the single "Tremble", a track that feels like the exact temperature of a Norwegian dusk. Fredrik Kristiansen isn’t interested in giving us a polished, artificial version of recovery; instead, he invites us into the messy, vibrating space where healing actually happens. https://open.spotify.com/track/4nbDWlofZ0iWq9H776IqRM?si=ZKHoOrt2QMGLSPiEghcBaQ There is a warm, rhythmic strumming at the heart of this piece that acts as...