When he released his 2022 full-length debut Semblance, indie-pop auteur Seth Nyquist—aka MorMor—told Apple Music he initially wanted to record that album in the living room of an old mansion, just as the Red Hot Chili Peppers did with producer Rick Rubin for Blood Sugar Sex Magik. The pandemic railroaded those plans, but on his long-simmering follow-up, he got to live out that fantasy for real by recording parts of the record at Rubin’s famed Shangri-La compound in LA—a move that’s reflective of the bold leaps he makes here. No One Alive Will Listen is effectively a breakup album, but one where Nyquist renders his feelings of loss and longing with an expansive sonic palette that encompasses the Radiohead-infused R&B of “Don’t Need It,” the futurist ambient vistas of “Dawn 2,” and the cinematic synth-pop of “Ecstasy” (which channels the dreamily decadent spirit of The Weeknd right down to the thinly veiled drug innuendo of the chorus). All of Nyquist’s pent-up emotions are finally uncorked on the penultimate track “Erase Me,” a smartphone-waving power ballad that will surely come in handy when his venue of choice upgrades from mansions to arenas. Our Favorite Track: “Like Heaven,” where a frantically funky drumbeat tees up a Celeste-assisted psych-soul hook to blur the line between bustle and bliss.