Album Review: Ghost Notes - Hidden Horizons

Brisbane instrumentalists Ghost Notes brought out cracker debut, By Cover Of Night, back in 2011 – and with second, Hidden Horizons, they've easily superseded it. Comfortably eschewing genre tropes, the seven tracks on display ebb and flow with intricacy, atmosphere and grace. The band aren't afraid to drift outside their perceived parameters either – the dirgey riffs on opener, Pinnacles, the jazz tropes of Go Where It Takes You, the core-penetrating organ of Contrails Over Plains – making it an intriguing, beguiling beast. Hidden Horizons is breathtaking in its approach, composure and steely elegance.