When the Background Becomes the Foreground [B-sides: Reno Cruz F.I.L.I.N.T.H]

Each track on Cruz’s debut album has a decidedly homegrown feel. This could be partly because the album was forged over the early pandemic days—possibly emboldening the isolated and, at times, spare tone of the record. Not only does every song share the same forlorn carefulness, but all of the records live and breathe through Cruz’s lyrical abilities.