Pan•American (Labradford’s Mark Nelson) and Shimmy Disc founder Kramer have always been prolific, collaboration-friendly artists, but both have been especially productive during the 2020s, focusing on ambient music that often leans toward cosmic Americana. Interior of an Edifice Under the Sea is their second album together, appearing just over a year after 2024’s Reverberations of Non-Stop Traffic on Redding Road.
Unsurprisingly, it’s in a similar vein, exploring murky, slowly drifting guitar-based drone. The music befits the album’s underwater theme, with the swaying loops and gently trippy echo of opener “In the Time It Takes to Drown” bringing to mind a submarine voyage deep beneath the surface. Some tracks have clear guitar melodies,…