Following releases for 3024, Pressure Dome, Femme Culture & Pseudonym Records, Talik’s third EP for Intercept sees her hone her sound even further with two deeply sincere cuts ‘Kundalini’ and ‘Home’, the latter featuring incisive spoken word from The Slopes.

Opener ‘Kundalini’ delves into its namesake energy, a form of yogic practice and expression focussed on movement and balance, literally translated from the original Sanskrit as ‘coiled snake’. This sense of understated power emerges from a backbone of sparse rhythm and growling bass punctuated by assured percussion and subtle murmurs. Meanwhile, lyrical, synthetic melodies materialise and gesture towards this sense of introspective, cathartic motion.

On the flip things get even deeper, ‘Home’ exemplifying Talik’s penchant for pairing snarling sound design with sincere harmonies, sharpening her surreal, existential take on left-field bass. Accompanied by the lyrical dexterity of The Slopes, ‘Home’ interrogates loss, belonging, and companionship, a pensive reflection on our times and a perfect accompaniment to ‘Kundalini’.

Taken together, the two pieces further assert the potency and poignancy of Talik’s sound, with The Slopes complementing and pushing her aesthetic vision even further forward.