Drum & Lace ~ Natura

After a run of acclaimed singles, EPs and film and TV scores (“Dickinson,” “Good Girls,” “I Know What You Did Last Summer”), Drum & Lace (Sofia Hultquist) is finally releasing her debut album.  Natura is confident and catchy, the artist’s vast experience

Drum & Lace ~ Natura

After a run of acclaimed singles, EPs and film and TV scores (“Dickinson,” “Good Girls,” “I Know What You Did Last Summer”), Drum & Lace (Sofia Hultquist) is finally releasing her debut album.  Natura is confident and catchy, the artist’s vast experience

Sontag Shogun x Lau Nau ~ Valo Siroutuu

Does anyone remember 2019?  In that innocent summer, Sontag Shogun and Lau Nau met on the Finnish island of Kimitoön to continue the sparkling collaboration that begun on Sontag Shogun’s Floréal.  The new album is about friendship, simple pleasures and breezy days,

Sontag Shogun x Lau Nau ~ Valo Siroutuu

Does anyone remember 2019?  In that innocent summer, Sontag Shogun and Lau Nau met on the Finnish island of Kimitoön to continue the sparkling collaboration that begun on Sontag Shogun’s Floréal.  The new album is about friendship, simple pleasures and breezy days,

Whatever the Weather ~ S/T

At A Closer Listen, we’re bittersweet whenever a favorite instrumental artist shifts to the world of lyrics; but we rejoice when a lyrical artist shifts into the instrumental world.  This is the case with Loraine James, who captured the hearts of forward-thinking

Whatever the Weather ~ S/T

At A Closer Listen, we’re bittersweet whenever a favorite instrumental artist shifts to the world of lyrics; but we rejoice when a lyrical artist shifts into the instrumental world.  This is the case with Loraine James, who captured the hearts of forward-thinking

Cole Peters ~ A Certain Point of Inertia

In his liner notes, Cole Peters addresses the pandemic feeling of “time and space collapsing,” and brings this personal feeling to bear on his music.  To many, these past two years have been one long blur: an unending winter or Lent, time

Cole Peters ~ A Certain Point of Inertia

In his liner notes, Cole Peters addresses the pandemic feeling of “time and space collapsing,” and brings this personal feeling to bear on his music.  To many, these past two years have been one long blur: an unending winter or Lent, time

Ukrainian Field Notes II

According to figures from the UNHCR, almost a quarter of Ukraine’s population – more than 10 million people – have been forced from their homes. Some 3.7 million refugees have been forced to flee the country, making this the fastest-growing

Ukrainian Field Notes II

According to figures from the UNHCR, almost a quarter of Ukraine’s population – more than 10 million people – have been forced from their homes. Some 3.7 million refugees have been forced to flee the country, making this the fastest-growing

Call for New Writers!

Over the past decade, our original writers have gone through the passages of life.  They’ve moved, changed jobs, gotten married, had children, and celebrated many other occasions along the way.  Others have come and gone since then, but we’re running

Call for New Writers!

Over the past decade, our original writers have gone through the passages of life.  They’ve moved, changed jobs, gotten married, had children, and celebrated many other occasions along the way.  Others have come and gone since then, but we’re running

Jilk ~ Haunted Bedrooms

The Jilk collective has always resonated with our reviewers, so it’s no surprise that we are already enamored with Haunted Bedrooms, their second release for Castles in Space. This is a slightly more subdued set than we’re used to hearing from the collective,

Jilk ~ Haunted Bedrooms

The Jilk collective has always resonated with our reviewers, so it’s no surprise that we are already enamored with Haunted Bedrooms, their second release for Castles in Space. This is a slightly more subdued set than we’re used to hearing from the collective,

Kotra ~ Radness Methods

Radness Methods is the right album at the right time, although the confluence was unintentional.  Kotra, a Ukrainian artist living in Berlin, recorded the album in 2021, and now it is being released in the middle of an invasion.  Dmytro Fedorenko

Kotra ~ Radness Methods

Radness Methods is the right album at the right time, although the confluence was unintentional.  Kotra, a Ukrainian artist living in Berlin, recorded the album in 2021, and now it is being released in the middle of an invasion.  Dmytro Fedorenko