Stray Theories - Falter

On Falter, the fifth album from New Zealand composer Micah Templeton-Wolfe (Stray Theories), ambient sweep, neoclassical restraint, and post-rock emotionalism merge into his most immersive work yet. The record moves through a haze of doubt and quiet resolve, its luminous themes carrying a sense of something approaching—melancholic, redemptive, and deeply cinematic. Even in its heaviest passages, Falter maintains a poised clarity, with the hopeful “Lifelines” offering a final glimmer that the journey through uncertainty leads somewhere brighter.