There’s something distinctly ’80s and completely expansive about Assignment in Eternity, the new album from electronic purveyors The Nightcomers. Filled with cinematic synths seemingly pulled from somewhere in deep space and spectral melodies that linger on the edge of your periphery, these songs are strewn with vast starfields, cosmic phenomena, and reservoirs of ancient emotion. They’re all bathed up in a glossy, theatrical sheen, the kind you’d expect from Tangerine Dream or Vangelis, bands whose understanding of operatic technique is matched only by their ability to wring honest sentiment from such grand musical missives. The rhythms take on the appearance of liquid silver, constantly shifting in their dense atmospheres. These songs aim for overwhelming emotion, eager to envelop anyone of anything in their path — soundtracking some grand celestial event or maybe just a late night under neon lights with recreational habits. There’s little you can do to resist their tidal movements — it’s best to just lay back and be swept along in their technicolor waves, just one more starry voyager in a realm of pure sensation. -Beats Per Minute

01. Transverse Mode 05:35
02. Sequence 1 03:08
03. People Of The Wind 03:55
04. Atmospheric Cruising 03:24
05. Sequence 2 04:54
06. Sirens Of Saturn 04:59
07. The Sanctuary 03:30
08. Cosmic Beam Experience 02:26