May. 04, 2025 |
‘Garden.’ A mist-filled plain in the West of Ireland brings us a new album titled Luster from the dream pop artist Maria Somerville. She’s said it is a record of homecoming, but you might hear heartbreak and longing in it, too. It’s in the echoey tradition of bands like Cocteau Twins and Mazzy Star, but also very much of its place—in Connemara, County Galway.
—Brendan Hasenstab