‘Fire Eyes Gather Souls (Side A Excerpt)’ by Beru

As if backed by a chorus of alien owls hooting in strange symphony, ‘Fire Eyes Gather Souls’ finds multimedia artist Jessica Collins straddling a compellingly hypnotic line between sheer romantic ecstasy and otherworldly horror — an atmosphere whose influences can be traced back to the haunting tape loops of Fursaxa or Julia Holter’s more beguiling tones.