Laurel Halo‘s most memorable tracks are typically desolate and unnerving. Throughout propulsive membership bangers, uneasy experimental compositions and apocalyptic dirges, the Los Angeles-based musician, DJ and educational has used sound to convey a way of barrenness.

However Halo appears to have perked up within the 5 years since she put out her final album, Uncooked Silk Uncut Wooden. “Belleville,” from Halo’s upcoming report Atlas, finds her pushing into uncharacteristically serene terrain. Recorded in a single take, the instrumental is carried by sparse, balmy piano noodling. Halfway by way of, digitally manipulated vocals from British musician Coby Sey briefly emerge from the ether, breaking the spell however heightening the sweetness. If Halo’s work earlier than this appeared forged within the fluorescent glow of an underground bunker, “Belleville” lounges in a sun-drenched meadow.