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Monotreme, 2024
9/10
The 8th album from the ambient music luminary Stumbleine, the 9 detailed tracks here reside deep into dreamy textures, where beats are also in attendance.
“I Can Stop Anytime I Like” starts the listen with soft textures and pretty vocals that dance around the electronic ideas, and “Cinderhaze” follows with an indeed hazy approach of sweet melodies and post-punk traces of warmth.
“By The World Forgot” lands in the middle, and is rich on atmosphere, where soulful singing is met with pop ideas and a lush delivery, while “Ursa Minor Sleeps Forever” emits an intimate moment of heartfelt gestures that float with grace.
“Somnia” and “Catastrophette” exit the listen, The former is bit glitchy, mesmerizing and surreal, and the latter glides with a cinematic and technical approach.
The the alias of Peter Cooper, as Stumbleine he mixes post-rock, lo-fi beats and dream-pop into a nostalgic, ambient and distorted vision that you can’t not be captivated by.
Travels well with: Maïa Barouh- Aida; Chris Cleverley- Broadcast The Secret Verse