J and the woolen stars - Personal Problems (2023) [Hi-Res]

Melbourne’s Daisart might be known for its bonfire-glow ambient, but here the founder Justin Cantrell (J) enlists the talents of Emile Frankel, Rosy Angela Murphy, and Nico Callaghan (the woolen stars) to reinterpret his compositions as delicate, bittersweet love songs. This is as twee as ambient gets: “knees” has Murphy singing over a lone, crystalline piano line, with hints of synth and violin that emanate at the fringes of her voice. “I feel so small/ ‘Cause you’re in my eyes/ All the time,” she croons, with the sort of unadorned melancholy that characterizes the label’s brand of ambient.

Tracklist:
1.01 - J and the woolen stars - Feeling Worse About the Same (2:40)
1.02 - J and the woolen stars - Beloved (3:13)
1.03 - J and the woolen stars - Sweeter (3:42)
1.04 - J and the woolen stars - Knees (2:44)
1.05 - J and the woolen stars - Like Lace on My Chest (2:33)
1.06 - J and the woolen stars - She Was a Friend to Me (3:44)