There’s a peculiar tension running through Obsidiana, the third studio album under Rocket Recordings for Mexican artist J. Zunz. Lorena Quintanilla has always worked within spaces where dream-pop haze curdles into industrial unease, whether through Lorelle Meets the Obsolete or her solo work, but here the balance feels newly severe. The album moves like a process of extraction, each track scraping away another psychic layer until only pulse and residue remain.
The record’s title proves instructive. Obsidian, being volcanic glass historically used for weapons and scrying mirrors, becomes both thematic anchor and sonic blueprint. Quintanilla builds these tracks from hard edges and reflective surfaces, bass frequencies grind against flickering…

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