A lot of idiots try and make ambient albums but very few ever get it right. Last year, I heard an album called Drawing Of Sound that knocked me on my ass. The artist? Windy and Carl, a couple of kids growing up doing the best they can. Carl himself was nice enough to send me their new release, part of Darla records' Bliss Out! series. Thanks, Carl!

Antarctica is three long, cold drones that you could wrap yourself up in but still find room to breathe. Like the great howl of bastard cold over an icy plain, Windy and Carl don't cozy up to you as much as they pour liquid nitrogen down your pants and smash your ass with a hammer. Fans of Flying Saucer Attack, Brian Eno's ambient works, and Slowdive would be best advised to yank this like it were a pud. (Be sure to pick up Drawing of Sound while you're at it.)

-Jason Josephes