Though Polypores’ work has always pecked at the heels of otherworldliness, it’s never been as flawlessly integrated or deeply hypnotic as on Stephen James Buckley’s latest opus, ‘There Are Other Worlds’. There’s always been an uncanny organic uncertainty to Polypores’ work, whether that manifests as lysergic wafts of stunning melody in a rhythmically intense passage, or a flash of sped-up percussion that comes out of nowhere and his latest is awash with perfect examples of this impeccable world-building. Unfalteringly beautiful and further evidence (as if any were needed) that Buckley is a wizard of unmeasurable skill.

"The seeds of this album were planted in April 2023 and as is often the case, germinated through a combination of various environments and my own somewhat unmanageable imagination. I’d become hyperfixated on the idea of Alternate Reality Games, and the way that through what are essentially acts of play, a person can experience a degree of brain-change. A form of magic. We can all experience other worlds."

Stephen J. Buckley, August 2024

01. Extasis
02. Earth 2
03. The Warp Zone
04. Virtual Forest Worlds
05. Beautiful Objects Everywhere
06. It Was Here All Along, Between the Dandelions.
07. Follow the Magpie
08. The Egg
09. Reality Hacking
10. Channel Between
11. Gold Form
12. Foreverglade