Listened to some of this, it does have moments where I really enjoy the textures and it comes together really nicely, but I agree that it does fade into uninteresting wallpaper sometimes.

But as an ambient junkie I thought it was solid for a first foray into that style.



"stressed" is just "desserts" spelled backwards

Came across his interview on BBC radio: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001tj4b

Some nice tracks on the playlist. The Q&A starts around 1:40:30, and he talks about his thoughts on the new album around 2:13:15.