For the Innermost

Artist: ERGA Album: Fragment of Their Yearning Landscapes Label: Self-released Release date: May 2026 Erik Gärdefors, the talented songwriter and multi-instrumentalist behind Grift (among others), is back with a new project called ERGA. The choice of name (basically the first two letters of the artist's first and last name) is no coincidence and, diving into the album for the first time as I gazed upon the beautifully symbolic cover art, I was sure that I was about to listen

Artist: Troum Album: EmphasYs Label: Cyclic Law / Transgredient Records Release date: April 2026 What do you do after you've done everything? A fair question to ask any longstanding artist, including Troum, one of the forefathers of the drone ambient genre who are still going strong three decades into their epic career, as evidenced by their headlining live performance at Phobos 2025, which I was fortunate enough to witness in person. Judging by EmphasYs, Troum's latest album