The instrumental guitar-drums duo (they used to be a trio) Ahleuchatistas have a new album, Heads Full of Poison, out now on Cuneiform Records. It’s pretty stunning stuff, at times sounding like a West African take on Orthrelm and at other times like nothing you’ve ever heard in your life.

Here’s a video they’ve made with filmmaker Courtney Chappell for the song “Lighted Stairs”:

And here’s a stream of another track from the album, “Wisps”:

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