St. Lucia - Fata Morgana: Dusk - VINYL LP

Patching, the intimate debut LP from Minnesota-based singer and songwriter runo plum, gracefully captures the contraction, expansion and of an intense period of emotional repair, in soft-edged, radiating indie rock. The record's unbridled sincerity isn't anything new for runo plum, who's been writing and quietly sharing bedroom dispatches of her intricate folk for a half-decade. During the pandemic years, she steadily caught the ears of a widening circle of listeners and began independently releasing a series of singles and EPs, all while cutting her teeth on the live side supporting Searows, Angel Olsen and Hovvdy.

When it comes to Fata Morgana, you've never heard St. Lucia like this before. The fifth album from Jean-Philip Grobler's long-running alt-pop project with his wife Patti Beranek expands the band's sound in massive and widescreen fashion-encompassing psychedelic pop, the gritty pre-'80s dance music of the NYC punk-rock scene, the cinematic sweep of classic film scores, and much more. As a band, St. Lucia have always been focused on taking their listeners on a journey, and Fata Morgana is unquestionably the headiest trip they've cooked up yet.

Prokofiev - Syms Nos 1 & 5 [COMPACT DISCS] date 06/15/1989