Essentially the one-man-band project of Italian musician Andrea Vascellari, Firetail clearly follows a “less is more” theory of composition. A fine showcase for Vascellari’s production abilities, the group’s music is very minimalistic in nature and generally fits in well with what I might expect from the ambient music genre. 2015 compilation So Far assembles everything that Vascellari has done under the Firetail moniker (he also performs under the name of Lullabier), much of which has a noticeable post-rock quality since it plays similarly to what one hears in the background of tracks from groups like Godspeed You! Black Emperor. This album won’t appeal to mainstream tastes, but it’s very solid for what it is – a fact that probably shouldn’t have shocked me since it was Firetail who produced one of 2014’s better Christmas-themed Silber Records albums. The by-and-large soothing So Far compilation begins with “End=Beginning,” a piece built around a pulse of yearning melody played on...