Posted By Mike McMahan on Wed, Apr 7, 2021 at 2:35 PM Courtesy of claire rousay a softer focus. Prolific San Antonio percussionist and composer claire rousay is dropping a new album, a softer focus, April 23 on American Dreams Records. It’s an appropriate title, since the ambient release features, well, a softer focus compared to much of her previous work, which falls largely in the avant-garde realm. She will celebrate the album release with a Saturday, April 10 livestream show on Bandcamp. The first single from a softer focus, “Peak Chroma,” is one of the two non-instrumental tracks on the record. Featuring lyrics originally written as an iPhone Notes entry, the song is accompanied by a trippy video from rousay collaborator Dani Toral, who also handled visuals for the release. With its collage feel, the composition isn’t dissimilar to the mid-career work of Aphex Twin, and it’s already generating buzz, having appeared on Stereogum when it dropped several weeks ago.