A new Alabaster track is always an event these days, and I’m extremely glad to say that Galaxy is the track to complete the first CD. Alabaster’s production and composition have both made huge strides over the years, and this track has to be up among his very best – the energy and distinctive filtering is there as always, but here the chords and melodies really are next level.

Some have compared the melodies to Qygen, while for me the atmosphere takes things in the Grimsoul-esque direction that I always thought he might manage. The track is distinctively his, though, and it’s a more than worthy way to end CD 1 on a beautiful, uplifting note.

Some will have heard a preview already in my set with Shimotsukei (a sign that I expected the album to have long since released by now), and reactions in chat confirmed what I already thought – this is another top quality addition to the tracklist.