Three hundred sixty-three days after dropping the fantastic Golden Hour, patchnotes was back with follow-up Endless Surrender.

I’m pretty sure I was walking my dog the first time I played Golden Hour all the way through. This time I almost didn’t get to play it at all. My phone initially thought I was in a country that didn’t allow it- I was actually in the Atlanta airport. Go figure. Earlier that week, my company announced that employees would no longer be allowed access to frequent flyer lounges, so my younger son and I did the only thing we could while riding out a 6-hour layover- we bought a day pass and decided to hit as many as possible. We made it to two before he decided he was comfy and promptly fell asleep, and I promptly dug into Endless Surrender.

PDX-based producer Kyle Schwendinger, who performs as patchnotes has again delivered another solid record. Endless Surrender is a nocturnal world of neon-lit streets and warm beats.

For a chillwave record, it’s surprisingly intimate- which makes sense once when you learn that it’s essentially a breakup record. Speaking with Kiley Larsen for his Check This Out! Substack earlier this year, he explained, “It’s basically about exiting and relationship and going through the steps of falling in and out of love with someone,” says Schwendinger.”For me, this entire thing is just kind of a therapeutic out, I suppose you could say.”

It’s also a great way to kill six hours in a terminal.