To lean into the quiet, unrushed weight of the story woven through Gia Santos | The Changing Seasons of Life is to encounter a work that roots its perspective in the kind of unguarded exchange you might share over a slow pour of whiskey, where small, soft revelations unfold as easily as conversation. Credited to Brien and Gerald, creators hailing from the Philippines, this sound falls under the exploratory umbrella of Music/Other, a classification that rejects the narrow boundaries of more mainstream genres to hold space for work that defies easy categorization, that prioritizes the core of its message over the need to fit a preexisting market or artistic mold.