Is this what happens when people from Cleveland make experimental music? A three-track ensemble suite with complexly layered harmonic parts played almost entirely by the saxophone sound on a keyboard? I’m unsurprised yet entirely fascinated.

Henry Cyer’s debut album Roots of Empathy is experimental ambient intent on making you just a little nervous.

The band’s new record PLASTIC+GLUE+LOVE gives us a nine track salute to the creative liberty afforded by a steady, deafeningly heavy beat, showing us what goes through the minds of musicians in awe at their own propulsive power.

Dutch artist Broeder Deileman has released his captivating new project Oh Mijn Ziel, a contemporary folk album reminiscent of 19th century German art songs that blend Romantic style poetry and expressive music as a powerful form of storytelling.

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Wojtas pins her immaculate vocals up on a wall painted with the deep, dark hues of downtempo alternative electro pop, forming her impressive performances into stories with distinct individual narratives.

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“The pessimism of EXTERNAL ACTOR is like a bitter medicine. But by painting a portrait of our post-accelerationist dystopia, CRUEL AND STUPID provides comfort in commiseration. That's why this album is one of my favorite releases of the week.”

Long-running darkwave and post punk artist Soft Riot deftly avoids a sense of superficial nostalgia with their newest release No. This project is packed with darkwave synth bangers for the goth club, presenting 80s industrial packaged for the present day in a way that feels authentic and enjoyable.

Croy and the Boys’ new album What Good’s the Medicine? serves up anticapitalist Texan americana inspired by classic country music and cowboy culture while incorporating introspective lyrics that demand answers for the ways life fails us.

This project is an endlessly charming blend of noise pop and alt indie rock featuring feverish, eclectic builds of energy neatly contained in each song. At first you may wonder whether this will be more unimpressive indie rock but El Club Audiovisual blows those fears out of the water in short order.

Ivy Knight’s new EP Near the Lake We Forget to Count the Days gives us a ten minute reprieve from mundanity, as Knight frantically struggles to control and continue this fleeting moment of pure bliss.

Broken Image Faulty Wire remains deeply engaging and somewhat challenging, not giving up its frosty, minimalist, experimental edge to the whims of its pop sensibilities.

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Within the Buddhist worldview, suffering, dukkha, is inescapable. Birth is suffering, aging is suffering, illness is suffering, and death is suffering. This concept of the First Noble Truth is encapsulated in पुनर्जन्म भाग १ (Rebirth Part 2), the newest album from गौतम बुद्ध (Gautam Buddha).

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The album makes abundant use of Irish folk instruments and sounds, and the record’s pulsing, meditative structure evokes a leisurely, awestruck walk through the hills.

No album flawlessly reflects the mind of the maker, but people like Dustin Wong at least give a glimpse at what it’s like to get really close.