Images

Images finds Sheffield continuing his general decades-long approach to collage and reinterpretation, with the liner notes for the 2023 stating the source material here was jazz albums – calling the opening song “Crescent” might perhaps be a tell to John Coltrane fans. Neither shimmering ambient soothe nor noise and distortion, Images finds an intriguingly meditative balance between the two, with the feeling of metallic scraping from aliens on songs like the title track and “Daylight” subsumed or enhanced with stillness and serene tones.