The Triumph of Time and the Disillusioned may take several listens to fully absorb. This is one of those albums that demands patience because there is so much happening beneath the surface.

On their latest album, Hoggar, Tinariwen use their languid desert blues sound to speak from the safety of the Hoggar mountains on the issues facing the Tuareg community.

Uranus Omnibus Sanctus is a cosmic getaway for the open road: deserted highways, heavier attitudes, and traveling at the speed of light.

Taken singularly, each step Jespfur takes here should be known to the listeners, but put together, they do come up with what seems to be his intention here – create a new sound space that is uniquely his own.

Close your eyes and you can almost imagine yourself standing inside the Marquee, watching Camel deliver an electric and often mind-boggling performance.

The key here is that Lightbody not only shows that she knows how to create unity behind diversity, but that she had a meaningful musical reason to take such a path, and that it all works the way it was intended.

Bobbie Dazzle has taken the glam-rock torch, added her own spark, and carried it somewhere entirely her own.

Two very different bands, two very different approaches, but the goal is the same – play loud, be weird, and have fun. If that sounds like your kind of party too, this is absolutely worth your attention.

The Flower Kings have created an album that demands patience while rewarding curiosity, and it leaves you wondering where they will take us next as we move deeper into the roaring 2020s.

Those yearning for some old style black metal will find a lot to like here, although there is little to make them stand out from the crowd.

Whether it moves you or not, this is a fascinating addition to the Transformers legacy. If you want to recapture the spirit of the ’80s through a modern metal lens, this deserves a place in your collection.

This is not a comfortable listen, nor an easy one; it demands time to absorb and to reflect, and because of that it has the potential to stay with you long after the album has ended.

Cathartic triumphalism has never sounded so emotionally devastating and delightful.

If a forest could release an EP, I think it would sound like Midori Jaeger’s (Re)planted. Her voice is leaves and sky, her cello is roots and earth, the subtle production is the dappling sun reaching between.

It is an all-around Joyce Moreno show, particularly with her always incredible vocal styling that is still in full form.