Kevin Bronson on July 21st, 2014

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And now for a departure from all those frisky indie-pop “songs of the summer” from the past couple of months: Dive Index is the work of composer/producer Will Thomas, whose previous albums have featured collaborations with Joseph Arthur, Mark Gardener of Ride, Ian Masters of Pale Saints and Natalie Walker, among others. Dive Index’s new “Lost in the Pressure” (due Sept. 30 via Neutral Music) offers minimalist, deceptively fragile compositions of guitar, cello, keyboards, samples, percussion and voice, perfect for solitary moments and rainy-day meditations. The albums features collaborations with two co-writers, L.A. singer-songwriter Simone White, herself the author of three serenely lovely albums, and NYC cellist/vocalist Isaiah Gage. White’s plaintive vocals in “Counting Umbrellas” capture what it’s like to feel alone, in a crowd.

||| Stream: “Counting Umbrellas” and “Rewind Your Patience”