Just when the concept album seemed a fossil of happier, proggier times, K Records' Mirah teams up with Lori Goldston and Kyle Hanson of Spectratone International for Share This Place, a song cycle about insects. Disarm your preciousness alarms for a minute and hear us out. This is a hushed, thoughtful and altogether lovely album. Each track evokes particular insects, from dung beetles to caterpillars, transforming their life cycles into delicate dramas set to chamber-pop arrangements. The concept definitely holds everything together, but it isn't so central that you can't enjoy these exquisite songs on their own. Share This Place rewards patience and attention with layers of complexity. Mirah's songwriting is breathtaking here, making even obscure aspects of biology seem beautiful—when was the last time you heard someone rhyme "proboscis" and make it work? For their part, Goldston and Hanson supply gentle strings, upright bass, violin and many stranger

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