Rachika Nayar’s Heaven Come Crashing drops drum and bass at 2:30, The Verge reports

The Verge reports today in a new review that Rachika Nayar’s Heaven Come Crashing lands a massive drum and bass drop two minutes and thirty seconds into its title track. The move marks a sharp pivot from her percussion-free debut Our Hands Against The Dusk, underscoring an expansion of her ambient guitar palette into club tempos, The Verge notes. It matters now because that left turn reframes Nayar’s instrumental work for listeners beyond experimental ambient, potentially widening her audience.

The publication characterizes the album as an instrumental epic of desperate longing and says the jolt was unexpected, in part because the first record had no drums. Watch for broader critic reactions, playlist placement, and any artist statement expanding on the shift in the coming days. [Developing. This article will be updated.]