CUBZOA - Unfold In The Sky

A member of indie-pop band Penelope Isles as well as touring guitarist for CMAT, Jack Wolter, after sharing his first recordings with Malka Spigel and Colin Newman's Immersion on the album "Nanocluster Vol 2", finally arrives at his long-awaited debut as Cubzoa.

"Unfold In The Sky" is an eccentric blend of electronics, folk, dream-pop and psychedelia, openly inspired by bands like Radiohead and Tortoise, yet distinctive enough to spark real interest among critics and listeners alike — a decisive change of direction for Wolter after his lo-fi singer-songwriter beginnings over a decade ago.

Anna B Savage's spoken voice, crystalline guitar reverbs, brisk rhythms and layers of electronics woven with cold, alien vocals immediately kick off a powerful, kaleidoscopic swirl of sounds and suggestions ("In 2 Worlds"), which trails off into a melancholy afterglow, carried by the voice of Nanna Schannong of Lowly into the delicate, pulsing dream-pop settings of the luminous "Choke".

The one-two punch of the album's first two tracks is already intriguing and full of promise on its own, but Cubzoa's refined bedroom-pop has plenty more up its sleeve, from the scratchy guitar riff dueling with a drum-machine on the more elaborate and vibrant "Barcelona", to the title track that closes the album by weaving together acoustic and electronic music, leaving room for a faint nostalgia.

"Unfold In The Sky" is a record that works on several listening levels: the almost osmotic nature of its sonorities creates an apparent stylistic homogeneity that gradually reveals shoegaze echoes ("Buckle Up"), overt nods to Radiohead ("MidAirCollider") and folk indulgences absorbed into an elegant dream-pop body ("I Dreamed A Beach").

In this sunny, comfortable setting, Jack Wolter introduces fragmentary, disjointed sensations ("Chewin' On My Lips") and abrupt turns toward icy, cutting tones where loops and noise alternate ("Dance With Me"), underscoring the exploratory nature of "Unfold In The Sky" nonetheless.

Cubzoa is a name we'll be hearing a lot more of, and this debut album is a collection of many seeds whose future fruits will be fascinating to discover.

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01/02/2026