Soft, opulent, beachy, quietly psychedelic chamber pop featuring—wait for it—Brian McBride of drone heroes Stars of the Lid. With the help of eight session musicians, he and his collaborator Kenneth James Gibson ([a]pendics.shuffle) have made something that, above all, feels like a particularly romantic and lush take on slowcore. (I’m thinking Mojave 3’s Ask Me Tomorrow.) I especially like all the pedal steel. Really, really pretty stuff to swoon to. All songs are some degree of slow. Favorites: 1, 2, 5, 9. No FCCs.

1. *(5:52)— First half is sad and enveloping like early Mojave 3. Second half is wide-eyed alt-country with strings.
2. *(5:52)—Free and easy, a little bouncier and twangier.
3. (6:26)—Orchestral intro. More melodramatic. RIYL Low, Coastal.
4. (1:55)—Instrumental. Strummed guitar, spacey drones.
5. *(4:23)—Nocturnal, keening. Vocal harmonies, tambourine.
6. (5:07)—Poppiest, most strident track here. Big and psychedelic, with horns and sun-damaged vocals. Orchestral outro. Definitely RIYL Spiritualized.
7. (3:42)— Partially a piano ballad. Surprisingly drum-heavy. Droning outro.
8. (1:43)—Instrumental. Slow, orchestral, surprisingly similar to AWVFTS’ Atomos.
9. *(5:37)—Epic, dreamy, major-key psych pop. Lots of background vocal harmonies.