Talented artist Will Samson has dropped his first full album of ambient music, Harp Swells. The album’s standout piece, ‘Double Bass’, is a majestic, textural work that allows the artist to dive headfirst into his meditative sonic world. Gentle vocals craft slow, meaningful melody above a warm palette of electronic sounds and manipulated acoustic instruments. Harp Swells is designed to be consumed in one sitting, shaped by his use of a UHER 4200, a 1970s portable tape recorder with a warm, unique sound, and his philosophy to take a break and allow his environment to shape the music, rather than for it to feel forced. -Dan Peeke