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Lia Kohl seems eager to relinquish at least some of her secrets on Normal Sounds, her third full-length solo effort which follows up on the acclaimed albums The Ceiling Reposes and Too Small to be a Plain. What's that cicada-like hum which pierces through like a laser her elegantly-bowed arcs of cello across the duration of the record's opening...

Antonina Nowacka's third solo album opens as though suspended between elements, with gossamer-thin oscillations and glimmering harp glissandos offset by a reedy ocarina which seems to defy wind speeds and barometric pressure, staying the course and keeping everything on an even keel. The song, which is titled 'Moth Spins', quivers between helium ascents and a precipitous crumpling, while droning...