Restless Idylls

Camella Lobo\'s solo project Tropic of Cancer shares nothing with the Henry Miller novel of the same name besides an interest in the sensual ends of bohemia. Here she delivers a debut album, *Restless Idylls*, after years of singles, EPs, and contributions to compilation albums. The eight new recordings made in Los Angeles, with additional production from Karl O’Connor in New York and London, capture a dark, mystic electronic haze, where love and desire, hope and existential doom go hand-in-hand in the struggle to make it through the eternal night. Tracks such as the David Lynchian “More Alone,” the early Cure adaptation “Court of Devotion,” and the Eno-minimalism “The Seasons Won’t Change (And Neither Will You)” bring together elements of 4AD goth with shoegaze and electro-ambient styles. Despite the threatening horror of the title, “Children of a Lesser God” is on more of a spiritual quest with its muted beats and gentle synth waves. For greater unease, try the foreboding “Wake the Night.”