Rachika Nayar’s Heaven Come Crashing is an instrumental epic of desperate longing

The Verge reviews Rachika Nayar’s Heaven Come Crashing, noting how the album mostly preserves the percussion-free ambience of her debut, Our Hands Against The Dusk. Its title track delivers a startling drum-and-bass drop more than two minutes in, briefly disrupting the record’s otherwise soothing, atmospheric flow.

The album’s contrast between ambient restraint and sudden rhythmic intensity reflects a broader trend of experimental artists blending genre boundaries without abandoning their core sound. That tension can help instrumental music feel more narrative and emotionally urgent, even without vocals.