Lusine Announces New Album Melting Days on Ghostly International

Lusine, the production alias of Jeff McIlwain, will release his tenth studio album Melting Days on August 21, 2026 via Ghostly International. The record returns him to the label that released some of his earliest work, including the 2007 album Language Barrier.

Mastering was handled by Rafael Anton Irisarri. Artwork is by Michael Cina. The first single, Pendulum, is out now.

McIlwain has long worked the line between sharply etched electronic patterns and more open, fluid ambient forms. Language Barrier held those impulses in careful balance, threading field recordings through weightless chords. Later releases tightened the rhythmic grid. Melting Days loosens the frame again. It moves toward longer, more immersive structures that carry traces of memory, grief, transition and renewal without forcing resolution.

What gives the album presence is the patience in how sound is placed and allowed to settle. Ghostly International has kept a steady line through two decades and two cities. Lusine’s return feels less like a homecoming than the continuation of a conversation that never needed to be restarted.

Pre-orders for Melting Days are open now through Ghostly International and Bandcamp.