Now Always Fades releases sophomore album Coalesce

Naarm, Melbourne-based artist Now Always Fades returns with Coalesce, the follow up to his widely acclaimed 2025 album Into The Doldrums.

The project of Xavier Bacash, Coalesce sees the musician evolving his modernised approach to downtempo and trip-hop, genres in which he has been heralded as a leading new voice amid their growing popularity. He’s joined on the record by a series of return and new vocal collaborators including Alia Seror-O’Neill, otherwise known as Alias Error, Lili Hall and Olive Kimoto, NTS host and singer behind influential 90s band Locust.

RTRFMs music director Annika Moses spoke with the mastermind behind Now Always Fades following the release of the record and started by asking how the release has landed for him.