On Seattle group Nostalgist’s latest album, 2018’s Disaffection, they cover Catherine Wheel’s 1992 song “Texture,” and that decision clues you in to their aesthetic: a majestic melancholy expressed in dense, turbulent waves of guitar and bass, while singer/guitarist Asa Eisenhardt lowers the boom with a bellow that could fill stadia with anguish. Nostalgist dub their music “heavy ethereal,” which is accurate; you could also call it shoegaze-goth of extreme girth and worth. How will tiny Hollow Earth Radio contain all these deep feelings? by Dave Segal