Deserta // Lord Vox

As experimental as it is enthralling, Black Aura My Sun applies the vapor-trailed production values and sublime dynamics of Matthew Doty's previous group projects (including post-rock band Saxon Shore and the synth-laced post-punk of Midnight Faces) to a shoegaze-y sound that splits the difference between Slowdive and Sigur Rós. Deserta expands and contracts, with chords that drift like clouds, drums that drag and dissipate, and hooks that hang in the air for what feels like forever.