Glasgow-via- Istanbul musician Işık Kural makes music that is soft, careful, and filled with intricate details. On his previous records, guitar and piano were spliced with field recordings and vocals to create an undulating sonic landscape. His newest release, Moon in Gemini—out on his spiritual home RVNG International—carries on those earlier threads, but makes them even fainter.

On our first taste of the record, the singles "Almost a Ghost" and "Behind the Flowerpots," Kural collaborates with the vocalist Stephanie Roxanne Ward (also known as Spefy) to explore themes of the otherworldly. Even though these tracks touch on the spectral, there is a feeling of warmth throughout—the instrumentation on both is gossamer-like. Harp notes so soft they sound brushed by the breeze lilt under "Almost a Ghost,” laying a bed for Ward's aphoristic poetry: "Between marigolds/almost a ghost.”

A pillowy arpeggio pirouettes throughout "Behind the Flowerpots.” Ward's falsetto flits through the song, her individual words dissipating into the atmospheric track. These two tracks aren't meant to evoke a poltergeist, but rather a Ouija board, conjuring up an old friend from the great beyond.