“Nothing is perfect and enduring”
Welcome to the beginning of exploding time: The Shining Tongues' Summer Solstice XXI-VI-MMXXVI arrives blinding with sunlight and spectral drone as the latest entry in their ongoing 40-year song cycle — play it loud, windows open. Their A Bell Sings In Your Head strips it all back to a glitter-strewn live solo performance, minimalist and haunting. Meanwhile, El Tubo Elástico's IMPALA (Expanded Edition) expands their sprawling Spanish prog-psych-space-rock universe with a 16-minute bonus track, and nonameno11's Junk, and Others offers short, simple recordings made before heading off to school.