Listening to Alchemy For The Dead, the latest release by Pittsburgh (by way of Brooklyn) trio Spotlights, hits home in so many ways. First of all., there’s the looming buildup: some of the greatest cyberpunk films – Bladerunner or Ghost in the Shell, for example – are best appreciated for the sense of reverence shown to quiet spaces and slower movements. And the same is so noticeable in Spotlight’s music, in the palpable tension they craft in their respect for breathing room. The massively overpriced (but oh, so beautiful) speakers and amplifiers the French manufacturer Devialet produces are best known for the balance they provide between speech, music and silence and from the very first bars of “Beyond the Broken Sky,” Spotlights do exactly the same – only via absolute mastery of the prod...