Unknown Pleasures · 19.10.2025

After receiving the promotion for this album, I had to promise Luca I wouldn't write a review until around October 17th. It took me several times to place this band; somehow, I'd heard this sound and the extremely understated male vocals before. Anathema came to mind, around the "The Optimist," time. But Karma Voyage clearly have a grander plan, both in their composition and in the order of the songs. Everything the band presented in the preceding tracks—post-rock, ambient, experimental, with...