This week's selection sways from wistful drone pop to gauzy ambient and modern compositions; collecting 14 songs with an elemental, folksy awareness which share a rarified, surreal atmosphere. We've picked those with a timeless sense of romance and an elegant, breezy feel for space, spanning the work of preternaturally gifted vocalists such as Liz Harris aka Grouper, Turkey's Ekin Fil and L.A. nightingale Julia Holter, and boundary-pushing experimenters AGF or Chaines, plus gorgeous, chamber-like pieces from Loren Connors, Lee Noble, and Dirty Beaches alongside the widescreen soundscape impressionism of Colin Stetson and Sean McCann, and the enchanting ambient pop of Deux Filles aka Simon Turner and Colin Tucker. They're sensitive sonic balms for melancholic souls; an elusive catharsis for ether dreamers and escapologists.