Steve Moore "Beloved Exile" (2019) ****

With Beloved Exile (2019), Steve Moore (Zombi, Miracle) has created his most calming, ambient album yet. Exile features Moore's warm analog synths, augmented by dreamlike harp, celestial vocals, and metronomic bass guitar. It's just enough of a departure from what you'd expect from Moore to feel fresh. My only complaint is that even at over 5 minutes each, every track but the last one (at 15 and a 1/2 minutes) feels too short—the songs disappearing right when I feel truly locked into their groove.