Au.Ra

Dreamy London/Sydney duo Au.Ra feature multi-instrumentalists Tom Crandles of
<a href="spotify:artist:5hHA6SMa7CHLkVamlm3d6A" data-name="Prudence">Prudence</a> and Tim Jenkins, both fixtures of Australia&#39;s indie rock scene in the early 2010s. Previously, Jenkins was a member of <a href="spotify:artist:5Prk9cI8TYCtB6ZuBSDPPf" data-name="Parades">Parades</a> while Crandles played with <a href="spotify:artist:3YmdqIXISjR3IagFDXYDv2" data-name="Gh9stw99d">Gh9stw99d</a> as those projects came to an end, the pair began making music together, improvising over loops and drones that were a far cry from the strummy indie they&#39;d played before. The first fruits of their labor appeared in 2012 with the release of the &#34;Sun&#34; single that December; over the course of the next two years, Au.Ra pieced together the songs that would become their debut album, Jane&#39;s Lament. After the release of singles including &#34;Spare the Thought&#34; and &#34;Talk Show,&#34; the album -- which featured additional engineering from Simon Todkill and mixing by <a href="spotify:artist:06sdJwlggq0PKOe4LPZWCg" data-name="HTRK">HTRK</a>&#39;s Nigel Yang -- arrived in March 2015 via spotify:search:label%3A%22Felte&#43;Records%22 . For their follow-up, Crandles and Jenkins took inspiration from dub, synth pop, and the work of <a href="spotify:artist:2oyWkw7sq99yqj12hVUHtw" data-name="David Sylvian">David Sylvian</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:1tcgfoMTT1szjUeaikxRjA" data-name="Ryuichi Sakamoto">Ryuichi Sakamoto</a>. The results, Cultivations, appeared on spotify:search:label%3A%22Felte%22 in June 2017. ~ Heather Phares, Rovi