The sprawling album Rellik by CLOUDWARMER provides a dense, narrative-driven journey through the remnants of a forgotten civilization. Operating out of NYC, the duo of Eddie Palmer and Jim Jones crafts a sound that is as much a literary experience as it is a musical one, blending heavy, distorted beats with a haunting vocal presence.

The project is grounded in a science-fiction short story by Barry Burton, which follows a sentient entity composed of wire lattices and nodes surviving within a massive landfill. This themes of memory, decay, and survival are reflected in the long-form track titles, such as “Memory Killer” and “If I Don’t Remember You Then Who Will?” The music mirrors this “landfill” aesthetic, utilizing gritty textures and complex rhythms that feel like they have been unearthed from a digital past.