Public Memory

The dreamy electronic project of Robert Toher, Public Memory's dense collages of dub, Krautrock and trip-hop explore loss, dreams and shared nostalgia. On albums such as 2018's Demolition, Toher uses little more than otherworldly vocals, a Korg synthesizer, guitar and field recordings to craft hallucinatory tracks that sound like they could evaporate at any moment, yet leave a lasting impact. After spending much of the '90s in punk bands, Toher found some success with the post-rock group Apse, which released a pair of albums (2006's Spirit and 2009's Climb Up) before disband...