Soused

American eccentric Scott Walker's latest collection of scary stories to sing in the dark is technically a collaboration with the sludgiest band on the planet, but it plays like any of his recent solo albums: flighty, operatic melodies, minimalist circles of percussion, and brittle stabs of noise. SunnO))), the cloaked duo known for foundation-rattling electric guitar drones, provides triumphant punctuation and proper atmosphere, covering his compositions with a layer of tar. With humming menace comes tracks like "Brando" and "Herod 2014," which have the blood-in-the-desert vibe of Cormac McCarthy, with shockingly vivid lyrics ("the nurseries and crèches are heaving with lush lice") and snapping bullwhip from circus performer Peter Gamble. This teaming of a gifted poet and bruising metalheads is like Lou Reed and Metallica's Lulu – but about half as long, and about twice as heavy.

Folky jazz, thematic variations, dusty oscillators and euphonic groove moods will draw you into Rory More’s world. Be it the Lowrey organ-meets-baritone sax grease of ‘Hot Houdaah’, the free electrons orbiting the flute-driven 'Console Majick’, the '70s-tinged jazzed-out mellow funk of 'Outta Here' or the pagan lilt in the 5/4 lope of 'Misty Wood’, you’ll hear Through the dappled dell is a jazzified place that’ll immerse you into Rory More’s sonic mystique.