rest symbol is the enigmatic London-based trio’s self-titled debut, released on FO—the inaugural release of the label. A sticky distillate of dissociated exotica, orchestral ambience, psychedelic dub, and smoke-choked soul, the album seeps through the crumpled wreckage of British downtempo music. Molinaro, Moreiya, and Wendy Lavone resurrect subterranean ingredients that have nourished the underground for decades, brushing crumbly breaks off-grid and reducing them to caramel, oxidizing viscous string phrases under tape noise, and enveloping powerful vocals in cavernous reverb. Their surrealist, trip-hop-informed sound—equal parts cinematic and disorienting—serves as a much-needed tonic for the genre’s decomposition. — FO