Trace Mountains - Lost in the Country (2026 Reissue) soundtrack The area continues to be

The area continues to be threatened by terrorism

The Independent and New Wave

A Certain Frank emerged in the mid-1990s from Düsseldorf’s uniquely fertile musical environment

the music and artwork form a release that feels both elegant and ominous

Trace Mountains - Lost in the Country (2026 Reissue) soundtrack The area continues to beUnder the moniker Trace Mountains, Dave Benton writes music that asks large questions in quietly profound ways. On the projects earliest release, the 2014 compilation Buttery Sprouts & Other Songs, these thoughts appeared as lo fi scraps of wit and tenderness. But by the time A Partner to Lean On, Trace Mountains debut full length, arrived in 2018, Bentons perceptive indie rock had matured into more existential meditations about identity, existence