As with Brightblack Morning Light, the members of the Cambridge-born Fuzzy Lights wear collective influences with near-plagiarist pride on their sleeves. The stirring rustic raptures of the Dirty Three, the crescendo storms of Silver Ray, the near-classical eddying of Rachel’s and the nervy gravitas of Mogwai Young Team all seem to be soldered into the wiring of this debut Fuzzy Lights album. Although such cross-breeding has been dragged into ill-mutated tedium by others, somehow A Distant Voice gels together to form its own confidently striding sentient being. Highlights include the redemptive “Reflective Surfaces”; the soaring “Something To Do With Light”; the menacing maelstrom of “Capturing Shadows”; as well as the elemental dronescapes of the aptly-anointed “Eastern Winds” and “Bells Chiming In An Empty House.” Vocals appear sporadically in places and only prominently on “Safe Place” but they’re not really required to fill any gaps left by the wordless turbulence and tranquillity that dominates such a strong, if occasionally oppressive, full-length calling-card.