Personally, this is my favorite Grouper album. The lofi sound of this record is amazing and it gives off that melancholic, ethereal, and somewhat depressive feel to it. That kind of album you listen to either when it's a cold early morning or when it's a freezing moonlit night. Love this album so much. The Laughing Stock
A string section warms up with John Adams or Phillip Glass on their minds in an empty theatre two hundred years ago. A forlorn piano remembers something in an ancient, long-forgotten hotel lobby. Somebody plays standup bass in the dark, in a sunken vessel at the bottom of the ocean. An orchestra scores a desperate, wintery Scandinavian shoreline for no-one to hear. There's something hopeful in desolate and unheard things, because they can be beautiful without human commentary.
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A beautiful new LP from Beirut’s Yara Asmar—compositions that slowly build in volume and texture, remaining utterly hypnotic throughout. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 17, 2025
As the title implies, the latest from Lebanese artist Yara Asmar combines ambient synths with treated accordion in dreamlike songs. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 31, 2023