Lumenette - All Around My Head (2022) [Hi-Res]

Radiant with cool and stylish energy but with love and longing at its heart, Lumenette’s debut album All Around My Head crosses between the realms of memory and dreams, morphing the past into alternate realities where new perspectives and divergent storylines emerge. From Nashville-based composer and singer Christine Byrd, whose breathy vocals linger over a mix of pop-forward instrumentation, driving beats, and ethereal washy ambiance, All Around My Head harnesses the cinematic beauty of bands like This Mortal Coil and the blurred longing of shoegaze greats like Slowdive. With a remarkable sense for hooks that grip both the ears and heart, Lumenette’s debut is an immersive journey through life’s trials and surreal blisses that will echo long after its final notes fade to silence. -Wyatt Marshall