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The Cross-Island Trail connects land parcels from the island’s western-facing Battle Point to tiny, east-looking Manitou Beach.

In “Manitou,” orchestral and electronic blurs envelop the voice of Daniel Monkman, who leads the Canadian band Zoon.

“Manitou” is about memories and mortality: “One foot in the dirt, and one foot in the grave,” he reflects.

In 2014, the trio released “Manitou,” its debut album, incorporating spinning songs in a multitonal feast.

That morning, I’d completed the Manitou Incline, a humbler of a hike that gains more than 2,000 feet of elevation in less than a mile, and just moments before, I’d finished an hour-long deep-tissue massage that unraveled years-old knots and left me feeling relaxed.