And here it is: the long-promised/threatened second installment of the 2022 record roundup (read installment one here) cuz as far as we’re concerned 2023 won’t truly start until February at least…
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Well, it's another year again. This column features six records I didn’t get around to reviewing in 2022 but wish that I would've. There’s a lot more where this came from so expect a couple more installments of "Record Roundup" at least....

Enfolding its beholders in a spun sugar web of gossamer guitar lines, suspended synth drones, and crystalline chimes, the opening moments of French-Canadian-sometimes-Brooklynite-chanteuse-guitarist-songwriter-producer ...

If you wanna skip straight to Mandala’s song-by-song liners notes (and who could blame you, they’re excellent!) then simply scroll down to after the jump…
In his magnum opus The Prelude or, Growth of a Poet's Mind; An Autobiographical Poem, no less an authority...