A foggy, immersive listen that leans fully into Azam Ali’s ethereal style.

Across her career, Azam Ali has carved out a space where electronic production and global folk influences blend together, often led by her unmistakable vocal style. Synesthesia, her latest full length, leans fully into that aesthetic. It is a slow moving, immersive record that favors texture over momentum, letting each track open up like a vapor trail. Ali is not chasing big hooks or explosive moments here. She is crafting mood, scale and the kind of vast sonic environment where her voice can stretch without boundaries.

The album opens quietly with its title track, “Synesthesia,” setting the tone with bell tones, deep reverb and a weightless vocal that floats more than it leads. “Nothing but Time” continues that drift, swelling behind Ali’s range and creating a sense of motion without ever feeling hurried. By the time “To Pieces” arrives, the record finds one of its few rhythmic footholds as the drums step forward and add movement that breaks up the haze. “Hazy Gaze” pushes that idea further, driven by evolving synths and a haunting vocal line that brings a hint of tension into the mix.

“Autumn of Goodbye” shifts back into a softer pocket, grounded by a guitar riff and a halftime groove that gives the track a slower, breathier feel. “Song to the Siren” strips things down even more, leaving Ali’s voice nearly bare against an almost skeletal backdrop. Then the album takes a sharper turn with “This House Is on Fire.” Its snake-charmer style flute and Phrygian leaning scale create a world music edge that stands out clearly among the quieter songs.

“No Longing for Home” pairs guitar and violin in a gentle dance, while “Green and Gold” and “In Valleys Green” return to the album’s signature slow motion atmosphere. Long, bent vocal notes, wide reverb tails and grooves that feel suspended in time define both tracks. The closer, “Witness,” is intentionally brief and understated, acting as a quiet release for everything that came before it.

Synesthesia is cohesive to a fault, often prioritizing space over variety, but its atmosphere is unmistakably Azam Ali. Even when the songs blend together, her voice remains the anchor that guides the album through its foggy, dreamlike world.