Like all Rachel Grimes stuff it’s hard to pin to a genre. Avant Garde perhaps? It follows well from the Poppy Ackroyd I listened to earler. There’s a track on here called “Hollis”. The album does at times have a slight Talk Talk atmospheric feeling but I’ve no idea whether that’s what they were implying.
Thanks @Rockhound for pushing this album hard
I finally gave it a go on headphones after midnight and it is a wonderful recording. Giving it a second listen now on speakers.
The mixers have gone for a specific sound - I think it works fine. I can clearly hear the vocal and the instruments. A more rocky/noisy sound is OK for this album (different based on style of each track), not everything should sound like the London Philharmonic Orchestra
So the answer to your question: it is you
Dynamic range of album is 8LU (R128). Some tracks are actually up in 18LU (R128) (track 3 as an example).