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Micah Rose-Trespeuch\u2019s new album, \u201cCoughing Up Blood,\u201d feels less like a listening experience and more like witnessing an urgent, almost involuntary act of transmutation. Rose-Trespeuch (piano, vocals), with Julien Baraness masterfully texturing the soundscapes and Gaetan Allard providing the often-fractured, sometimes thunderous pulse on drums, has crafted something akin to a diary written in volatile ink. One moment, you\u2019re amidst Chopin-esque piano runs that unexpectedly veer into a raw, rock-inflected plea; the next, it\u2019s as if a brooding jazz poet decided to storm the stage of a metal concert. They call it \u201cRadiohead meets Musical Theatre\u201d or \u201cMetal Singersongwriter,\u201d but it\u2019s more like listening to the sound of emotional tectonic plates shifting.<\/p>\n