Air, Love 2

The title of stylish Parisian duo Air’s sixth album proves typically inscrutable: while there is no “Love 1,” the Goth prog recorded here does sound like a sequel to their 2000 soundtrack for The Virgin Suicides.

Spooky minor chords, ominous ambiance and krautrock rhythms make this the perfect score for a ’70s horror film or tragic romance—or, like we said, The Virgin Suicides 2. The willfully avant atmospheres of Love 2 may be initially off-putting, but after sufficient listens they gradually take on a slow-motion immediacy all their own.