All of My Love in Half Life sounds like how I’d imagine some ancient sprawling land like Iceland or Ireland to look and feel like – beautiful, broad, aged, cold in temperature, rich and warm in feelings of a romantic mysticism and sort of transcendental, in a way. This album permits a lot of echoes and reverberations throughout, and somehow it feels as though its recorded in the wide open. All of My Love in Half Life is the first solo album from poet, songwriter and artist, Melissa Ann Sweat, here under the pseudonym of Lady Lazarus. A California native, her voice sounds strong and real, unaltered or edited (for good reason). The piano throughout this album sounds so beautiful and dense, repeated over and over as the base for most of the songs. This release is dark and layered, and it’s probably best served with a nice glass of red at fireside. (Self-released, ladylazarus.net) Victoria King