Released during a year defined by absence and interruption, Lacunae takes its title seriously — the gaps between sounds carry as much weight as the sounds themselves. System Exile constructs each piece from slow-moving drone beds and carefully placed textural events, leaving gaps that let the surrounding sounds register. The production is cool and precise, with a clinical distance that somehow feels intimate rather than cold. For an album about missing pieces, it feels remarkably complete.
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