Jan St. Werner is back with a new EP, and this one's stacked. It's called Squares Will Fall, and it's technically a solo joint, but the guest list makes it feel like a summit. Justin Vernon, Sufjan Stevens, Zach Condon, and more all show up here.
You know St. Werner's work even if you don't know the name. Mouse On Mars, three decades deep with Andi Toma, pushing electronic music somewhere stranger and brighter. There's also Microstoria with Oval's Markus Popp, plus his Lithops alias, plus 2023's Space Synthesis under his own name. The guy never stops experimenting.
The title track is out now, and it's a stunner: warped, restless, gorgeous. This is the sound of an artist who spent thirty years bending reality and still finds new corners to explore.
Squares Will Fall lands soon, and with collaborators like these, it's shaping up to be a real moment. Go hear the title track. Then dig into the back catalog. Both are worth your time.