Either/Or
Released in 1997, Elliott Smith’s Either/Or is a hushed masterpiece - lo-fi, melodic and quietly shattering.
Released in 1997, Elliott Smith’s Either/Or is a hushed masterpiece - lo-fi, melodic and quietly shattering.
In 1986, Arthur Russell released a record of voice, cello and reverb that feels less like music and more like memory. Intimate, fractured, impossibly beautiful.
Patty Waters’ 1966 debut lures you in with fragile jazz ballads - then tears the room apart with a single, harrowing scream-piece. A cult classic in two acts.
A gentle, precise ambient record made for a Tokyo art museum. Released in 1982, it moves slowly, breathes quietly and leaves space for the listener to disappear.
In 1985, Ruth released a cold, minimal synth record that quietly became a cult classic. Cool, strange and unmistakably French.
In 1981, This Heat released a paranoid masterpiece that sounds like a protest broadcast. Angular, intense and eerily prophetic.