Rachika Nayar's 'Heaven Come Crashing' Is an Instrumental Epic of Desperate Longing

Two minutes and thirty seconds into the title track of Rachika Nayar's 'Heaven Come Crashing,' a massive drum and bass beat unexpectedly drops. As a fan of Nayar's debut record 'Our Hands Against The Dusk,' this caught me off guard. That album had no percussion at all. 'Heaven Comes Crashing' is also almost entirely drum-free. There are some rapid-fire mechanical hi-hats on the second track, 'Tetramorph,' and the back half of track six, 'Gayatri,' features what sounds like a snare buried deep in the mix. But it isn't until track seven that Nayar delivers an unexpected drum explosion, before immediately retreating to the soothing wash of 'Sleepless.' This album is an instrumental epic that explores themes of longing and emotional intensity through layered guitar textures and electronic soundscapes.