Promises — Floating Points & Pharoah Sanders
by Noah Bennett
Forty-six minutes built on a seven-note motif that never overstays its welcome — somehow it deepens every time it loops. Floating Points lays down a bed of strings and synths, the London Symphony swells like weather, and over all of it Pharoah Sanders plays his saxophone like a man saying a long, grateful goodbye. His final masterwork. Kill the lights, find the good speakers, and don't you dare put it on shuffle.
9.6/10