treating the songs as separate broadcasts is a good way to approach Emboss Star. It’s about the unique warmth of desired solitude. Each song is a transmission from a distant place, perhaps an outpost in the Arctic Circle, or on an island in the Pacific slowly drowning due to rising sea levels. They are self-contained depictions of moods, peppered with field recordings and posthuman voices
full review https://criticalpopcorn.com/2020/11/22/kazumichi-komatsu-emboss-star-album-review/