A real gem, with all the facets of an amethyst. Complete with a classic sinister DM fade-in intro, but made even better with a vivid spoken word poem that perfectly sets the stage for the roiling traverse to come.

If the smooth-surfaced warriors of OG Unreal Tournament put down their weapons and turned their low-orbit space station into a sonic laboratory of extraterrestrial dub, cavernous trip-hop and personal lyrics cut by a voice of the purest aether, it might sound like this. I’m a sucker for dream pop that sounds like it was recorded in a stratospheric grotto so the Chasms name had me hooked right away, and the totally cohesive otherworldliness of the whole album sealed it.