A followup to their 2015 debut with Ninja Tune, Richard and Sheila Ellis' sophomore effort, "The Cleansing," exists in the folds; shaking the categorization of a single genre or label by casting echoes of Billie Holiday and Antonio Carlos Jobim atop opaque shades of Debussy and Edgar Allen Poe. Spanning thirty-eight minutes over eight compositions, the entire record is a warm, bold stroke on an aural canvas, effortlessly moving through embracing melodies and divine soundscapes.