But the songs on Eight Pointed Star are more oblique and mystifying: They often take place in half-imagined, half-remembered places like the titular town in “Red Cloud” or the stretches of ...

Marina Allen’s third album, Eight Pointed Star, gently stretches past the scope of her earlier works, settling into a wider expanse colored by sun-faded scenes and hard-earned wisdom.

You can listen to Eight Pointed Star below. For more on the album, Marina made us a list of songs by artists that influenced it, including Yoko Ono, Julee Cruise, Pauline Oliveros, Jenny Hval and ...

Of all the spices, star anise is probably the most instantly recognizable, with its unique eight-pointed star shape. Even though most home cooks could probably pick it out of a spice line-up ...

Eight Pointed Star lacks the jazziness of Allen’s last album, 2022’s Centrifics. The very precise arrangements from there are also absent. Instead, this feels more like a band recording: voice, guitar ...