Virga 1

Crystal clear vinyl
A shaft of rain in the distance, falling from a dark cloud through midair but never hitting the ground: that is a Virga, a fitting moniker for this soft rain shower of an album, Eluvium’s latest ambient effort on the Temporary Residence, Ltd label. In three parts (“Virga I”, “Abyss Forms”, and “House Taken Over”), Virga I traces a storm from its incomplete appearance in the distance, a daunting approach, and the final downpour