Out of the Box Album of the Week with Paul Shugrue

"AVTT/PTTN" finds both acts stepping out of their comfort zones to merge two seemingly disparate musical worlds into a unique and compelling third entity.

"Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan" is a rock opera about a shipwreck and the men who survive on an deserted island.

“Everybody Scream” is a raw, visceral and cathartic masterpiece.

"Returning to Myself” is a way of getting back to the relatively intimate nature of her music.

Helen Ballentine has released her second album under the name that evokes something altogether different than the ghostly, ambient soundscapes she creates on “And Your Song is Like a Circle.”