Nighttime rolls the cosmic dice and lands on her most expansive album to date.

Time is malleable in the hands of cosmic American folk band Nighttime. Early recordings could be mistaken for choral hymns from the Lomax archives, while 2023’s Keeper is the Heart—lauded by Bandcamp as Best New Music—feels like a lost psychedelic gem of the 1960s, invoking the spirits of Vashti Bunyan and Norma Tenega.

On Nighttime’s forthcoming record, Looking Glass, the band that began as a solo recording project has evolved to feature contributions by over twenty musicians, including Sam Evian, Roy Montgomery, and collaborators of Pearl and the Oysters, Marina Allen, Florist, Weyes Blood, and Aldous Harding—their work woven into a single silken web coalesced around shimmering harp, beatific trumpets, rolling guitar, and the guiding thread of Eva Louise Goodman’s rich, singular voice.

“The energy of the process becomes a part of the result.” Goodman says. “My first records were a lot about being alone and experimenting with sound. More and more, I find inspiration comes from bringing other people into the project… I want it to be fun.”

Living in Los Angeles, Nighttime is in good company with a long tradition of musicians seeking creative camaraderie. The album’s genesis, however, began while Goodman was still living in the woods of upstate New York, where her life underwent what she describes as an “alchemical transformation.” The relationship that had defined her twenties ended, and in its wake she moved into a big farmhouse with two other artists.

“I spent a lot of time walking outside in the woods and swimming in the river behind the house. In the winter, we would sit in front of the fire, host creative gatherings, and have weekly band practices.” But when the snow thawed, she began dreaming of a change: A move to the West Coast.

Making a vow to let a new path reveal itself, Goodman was lured by California’s spirit sooner than she’d intended with an invitation to play a show in Los Angeles. With only three weeks notice, she made the move. A new band coalesced, more shows began to materialize, and soon she was touring and recording the songs that would end up on Looking Glass.

“From something comes nothing / But from nothing can come something.” The album’s opening lines set the tone as Goodman journeys across continents, painting landscapes of rivers, wheels, wings, and the open road of time. Initiation Rites, Wounded Healer, The Powers—more than song titles, these are invocations, calling in transformation and the wild unknown that comes with it.

If Nighttime’s 2023 release hinted at a newfound openness, Looking Glass proclaims a complete surrender: “I paid the price of rolling the cosmic dice,” Goodman sings, “And I scored snake eyes—they’re staring into mine.” Looking Glass is an album about thresholds. It’s about opening your heart, taking a leap, and coming out on the other side.

When the album reaches its last song, the title track, time unspools and language folds in on itself. “Changeable is time / Let loose, it flies across the sky.” Flute spirals through a warm vintage Rhodes piano, while harmonies lift and signal a way through the liminal space between the words.

“Looking Glass was written leading up to and following a period when everything in my life changed…” said Goodman. “I think I’m still trying to figure it out.”

Somewhere between the snowy forest and the hidden frequencies of Los Angeles, Nighttime has found a new voice by opening a door. And then stepping through.