Having made a name scoring film and television, composer and multi-instrumentalist Victoria Wijeratne is no stranger to the cinematic side of music. But recent EP Graces & Muses highlights how such sounds need not stay exclusive to the screen. Released by Dragon’s Eye Recordings, the EP draws from the breadth of Wijeratne’s experience to create something transportive and ever-changing, from the careful piano and mournful strings of the title track to brooding drama of ‘A Strange Time’. Closer ‘Above & Beyond’ even introduces vocals to the mix, Wijeratne joined by singer-songwriter niemba to push her music further than ever towards a more conventional dream pop. Attempting to cover so many moods and styles within four songs might prove the downfall of less assured artists, but here the changeable tone only furthers the thematic resonance of a release crafted around ideas of inspiration and intuition.
— Jon Doyle and Liam Doyle, Various Small Flames