diff --git a/web/src/app/_ui/job-row.tsx b/web/src/app/_ui/job-row.tsx
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+import type { ReactNode } from "react";
+import type { Kind } from "./status";
+import { ProgressBar } from "./progress-bar";
+import { StatusChip } from "./status-chip";
+
+// Map the severity kind to the row's visual class (stripe/bar color).
+function rowClass(kind: Kind): string {
+  if (kind === "attention") return "attention";
+  if (kind === "verify" || kind === "done") return "verify";
+  return "working";
+}
+
+export function JobRow({
+  artist,
+  album,
+  kind,
+  label,
+  step,
+  total,
+  meta,
+  note,
+  indeterminate,
+}: {
+  artist: string;
+  album: string;
+  kind: Kind;
+  label: string;
+  step: number;
+  total: number;
+  meta?: ReactNode;
+  note?: ReactNode;
+  indeterminate?: boolean;
+}) {
+  return (
+    <article className={`job ${rowClass(kind)}`}>
+      <div className="stripe" />
+      <div>
+        <h3 className="title">
+          {album} <span className="artist">· {artist}</span>
+        </h3>
+        {meta ? <div className="meta">{meta}</div> : null}
+        {note ? (
+          <div className="note">{note}</div>
+        ) : kind !== "attention" ? (
+          <ProgressBar kind={kind} step={step} total={total} indeterminate={indeterminate} />
+        ) : null}
+      </div>
+      <StatusChip kind={kind} label={label} />
+    </article>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/web/src/app/_ui/pressed-list.tsx b/web/src/app/_ui/pressed-list.tsx
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+export type PressedItem = { id: string; artist: string; album: string; matrix: string };
+
+export function PressedList({ items }: { items: PressedItem[] }) {
+  return (
+    <ul className="pressed">
+      {items.map((it) => (
+        <li key={it.id}>
+          <span className="mark">✓</span>
+          <span className="name">
+            {it.album} <span className="artist">· {it.artist}</span>
+          </span>
+          <span className="matrix">{it.matrix}</span>
+        </li>
+      ))}
+    </ul>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/web/src/app/_ui/progress-bar.tsx b/web/src/app/_ui/progress-bar.tsx
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+import type { Kind } from "./status";
+
+/** A thin ruled progress bar. `indeterminate` for open-ended stages (searching);
+ *  otherwise a discrete step/total fill with a step readout. */
+export function ProgressBar({
+  kind,
+  step,
+  total,
+  indeterminate,
+}: {
+  kind: Kind;
+  step: number;
+  total: number;
+  indeterminate?: boolean;
+}) {
+  if (indeterminate) {
+    return (
+      <div className="prog">
+        <div className="bar indet">
+          <span />
+        </div>
+        <div className="pct muted">searching</div>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+  const pct = total > 0 ? Math.round((step / total) * 100) : 0;
+  return (
+    <div className="prog">
+      <div className="bar">
+        <span style={{ width: `${pct}%` }} />
+      </div>
+      <div className="pct">
+        {step}/{total}
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/web/src/app/_ui/section-header.tsx b/web/src/app/_ui/section-header.tsx
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+export function SectionHeader({ title, note }: { title: string; note?: string }) {
+  return (
+    <div className="dept">
+      <h2>{title}</h2>
+      <span className="fill" />
+      {note ? <span className="count">{note}</span> : null}
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/web/src/app/_ui/stat-tiles.tsx b/web/src/app/_ui/stat-tiles.tsx
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+++ b/web/src/app/_ui/stat-tiles.tsx
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+export type Tile = { k: string; v: number | string; unit?: string; accent?: boolean };
+
+export function StatTiles({ items }: { items: Tile[] }) {
+  return (
+    <section className="tiles">
+      {items.map((t) => (
+        <div key={t.k} className={`tile${t.accent ? " accent" : ""}`}>
+          <div className="k">{t.k}</div>
+          <div className="v">
+            {t.v}
+            {t.unit ? <small>{t.unit}</small> : null}
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      ))}
+    </section>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/web/src/app/_ui/status-chip.tsx b/web/src/app/_ui/status-chip.tsx
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+++ b/web/src/app/_ui/status-chip.tsx
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+import type { Kind } from "./status";
+
+export function StatusChip({ kind, label }: { kind: Kind; label: string }) {
+  return <span className={`chip ${kind}`}>{label}</span>;
+}
diff --git a/web/src/app/_ui/status.test.ts b/web/src/app/_ui/status.test.ts
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+++ b/web/src/app/_ui/status.test.ts
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+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
+import { describeJob } from "./status";
+
+describe("describeJob", () => {
+  it("maps pipeline states to literal labels + severity kind", () => {
+    expect(describeJob("requested", "intake")).toMatchObject({ label: "Queued", kind: "idle" });
+    expect(describeJob("matching", "match")).toMatchObject({ label: "Searching", kind: "working" });
+    expect(describeJob("downloading", "download")).toMatchObject({ label: "Downloading", kind: "working" });
+    expect(describeJob("tagging", "tag")).toMatchObject({ label: "Tagging", kind: "verify" });
+    expect(describeJob("imported", "import")).toMatchObject({ label: "Pressed", kind: "done" });
+    expect(describeJob("needs_attention", "download")).toMatchObject({ label: "Needs attention", kind: "attention" });
+  });
+
+  it("derives a stepped progress from the pipeline stage", () => {
+    expect(describeJob("downloading", "download")).toMatchObject({ step: 4, totalSteps: 6 });
+    expect(describeJob("matching", "intake")).toMatchObject({ step: 1, totalSteps: 6 });
+  });
+
+  it("falls back gracefully for unknown states/stages", () => {
+    expect(describeJob("weird", "intake").kind).toBe("idle");
+    expect(describeJob("weird", "intake").label).toBe("Weird");
+    expect(describeJob("downloading", "???").step).toBe(0);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/web/src/app/_ui/status.ts b/web/src/app/_ui/status.ts
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+export type Kind = "idle" | "working" | "verify" | "done" | "attention";
+
+// Pipeline stage order (worker Job.currentStage), used to derive a stepped progress.
+const STAGES = ["intake", "match", "rank", "download", "tag", "import"];
+
+// Worker Job.state -> a literal, legible label + severity kind. The record-label
+// metaphor stays in the chrome; these labels never obscure what's happening.
+const STATE_MAP: Record<string, { label: string; kind: Kind }> = {
+  requested: { label: "Queued", kind: "idle" },
+  matching: { label: "Searching", kind: "working" },
+  matched: { label: "Matched", kind: "working" },
+  downloading: { label: "Downloading", kind: "working" },
+  tagging: { label: "Tagging", kind: "verify" },
+  imported: { label: "Pressed", kind: "done" },
+  needs_attention: { label: "Needs attention", kind: "attention" },
+};
+
+export function describeJob(
+  state: string,
+  stage: string,
+): { label: string; kind: Kind; step: number; totalSteps: number } {
+  const base =
+    STATE_MAP[state] ??
+    ({ label: state ? state[0].toUpperCase() + state.slice(1) : "Unknown", kind: "idle" } as {
+      label: string;
+      kind: Kind;
+    });
+  const idx = STAGES.indexOf(stage);
+  return { ...base, step: idx >= 0 ? idx + 1 : 0, totalSteps: STAGES.length };
+}
diff --git a/web/src/app/design.css b/web/src/app/design.css
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+/* Lyra — "Pressing Plant" component classes. Styled through tokens (globals.css). */
+
+/* ── Masthead ─────────────────────────────────────────── */
+.masthead {
+  display: flex; align-items: flex-end; justify-content: space-between;
+  gap: 20px; flex-wrap: wrap; padding: 40px 0 18px;
+}
+.wordmark { display: flex; align-items: baseline; gap: 16px; }
+.wordmark h1 {
+  margin: 0; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: -0.02em;
+  font-size: clamp(2.6rem, 6vw, 3.7rem); line-height: 0.9;
+}
+.wordmark a { color: inherit; text-decoration: none; }
+.tagline {
+  font-family: var(--mono); font-size: 0.66rem; letter-spacing: 0.14em;
+  text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--graphite); max-width: 15ch; line-height: 1.5;
+}
+.press-status {
+  display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: flex-end; gap: 8px;
+  font-family: var(--mono); font-size: 0.68rem; letter-spacing: 0.1em;
+  text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--graphite); text-align: right; line-height: 1.7;
+}
+.press-status .catalog { color: var(--ink); letter-spacing: 0.18em; }
+.live-dot {
+  display: inline-block; width: 7px; height: 7px; border-radius: 50%;
+  background: var(--accent); margin-right: 6px; vertical-align: middle;
+  animation: lyra-pulse 2.4s ease-out infinite;
+}
+@keyframes lyra-pulse {
+  0%   { box-shadow: 0 0 0 0 color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent) 60%, transparent); }
+  70%  { box-shadow: 0 0 0 7px transparent; }
+  100% { box-shadow: 0 0 0 0 transparent; }
+}
+
+/* ── Contents-bar nav ─────────────────────────────────── */
+nav.contents {
+  display: flex; gap: 26px; align-items: center; flex-wrap: wrap;
+  border-top: 1.5px solid var(--rule-2); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
+  padding: 11px 0; margin-bottom: 34px;
+  font-family: var(--mono); font-size: 0.72rem; letter-spacing: 0.16em; text-transform: uppercase;
+}
+nav.contents a { color: var(--graphite); text-decoration: none; position: relative; padding: 2px 0; }
+nav.contents a:hover { color: var(--ink); }
+nav.contents a.here { color: var(--ink); }
+nav.contents a.here::after {
+  content: ""; position: absolute; left: 0; right: 0; bottom: -12px; height: 2px; background: var(--accent);
+}
+nav.contents .sep { flex: 1; }
+
+/* ── Summary tiles ────────────────────────────────────── */
+.tiles {
+  display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr); gap: 1px;
+  background: var(--rule); border: 1px solid var(--rule); margin-bottom: 44px;
+}
+.tile { background: var(--paper); padding: 16px 18px 18px; }
+.tile .k {
+  font-family: var(--mono); font-size: 0.62rem; letter-spacing: 0.16em;
+  text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--graphite);
+}
+.tile .v {
+  font-size: 2.5rem; line-height: 1; margin-top: 12px;
+  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; letter-spacing: -0.02em;
+}
+.tile .v small { font-size: 0.8rem; font-family: var(--mono); color: var(--graphite); letter-spacing: 0.06em; margin-left: 4px; }
+.tile.accent .v { color: var(--accent); }
+
+/* ── Section (dept) header ────────────────────────────── */
+.dept { display: flex; align-items: baseline; gap: 14px; margin: 0 0 4px; }
+.dept h2 {
+  margin: 0; font-family: var(--mono); font-weight: 500; font-size: 0.78rem;
+  letter-spacing: 0.22em; text-transform: uppercase;
+}
+.dept .count { font-family: var(--mono); font-size: 0.72rem; color: var(--graphite); letter-spacing: 0.1em; }
+.dept .fill { flex: 1; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule); transform: translateY(-3px); }
+
+/* ── Job rows (the pressing floor) ────────────────────── */
+.floor { margin: 0 0 52px; }
+.job {
+  display: grid; grid-template-columns: 4px 1fr auto; gap: 0 20px;
+  align-items: start; padding: 20px 0 18px; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule);
+}
+.job .stripe { width: 4px; align-self: stretch; background: var(--graphite); }
+.job.working   .stripe { background: var(--live); }
+.job.verify    .stripe { background: var(--accent); }
+.job.attention .stripe { background: var(--alert); }
+.job .title { font-size: 1.42rem; line-height: 1.15; letter-spacing: -0.01em; margin: -3px 0 0; text-wrap: balance; }
+.job .title .artist { color: var(--graphite); }
+.job .meta {
+  font-family: var(--mono); font-size: 0.7rem; letter-spacing: 0.06em; color: var(--graphite);
+  text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 9px; display: flex; gap: 12px; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: center;
+}
+.job .meta .dot { opacity: 0.5; }
+.job .note { grid-column: 2 / 3; margin-top: 12px; font-size: 0.98rem; color: var(--ink); }
+.job .note a { color: var(--accent); }
+
+/* ── Progress bar ─────────────────────────────────────── */
+.prog { grid-column: 2 / 3; margin-top: 14px; display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px; }
+.bar { flex: 1; height: 3px; background: var(--rule); position: relative; overflow: hidden; }
+.bar > span { position: absolute; inset: 0 auto 0 0; background: var(--live); }
+.job.verify .bar > span, .job.done .bar > span { background: var(--accent); }
+.bar.indet > span { width: 34%; animation: lyra-slide 1.6s ease-in-out infinite; }
+@keyframes lyra-slide { 0% { left: -34%; } 100% { left: 100%; } }
+.pct {
+  font-family: var(--mono); font-size: 0.72rem; color: var(--ink);
+  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; min-width: 3.4em; text-align: right;
+}
+.pct.muted { color: var(--graphite); }
+
+/* ── Status chip ──────────────────────────────────────── */
+.chip {
+  font-family: var(--mono); font-size: 0.62rem; letter-spacing: 0.14em; text-transform: uppercase;
+  padding: 5px 9px; white-space: nowrap; border: 1px solid var(--rule-2); color: var(--graphite); align-self: start;
+}
+.chip.working   { color: var(--live);   border-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--live) 45%, var(--rule)); }
+.chip.verify, .chip.done { color: var(--accent); border-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--accent) 45%, var(--rule)); }
+.chip.attention {
+  color: var(--alert); border-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--alert) 50%, var(--rule));
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--alert) 8%, transparent);
+}
+
+/* ── Recently pressed (deadwax etch list) ─────────────── */
+.pressed { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
+.pressed li { display: flex; align-items: baseline; gap: 14px; padding: 12px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule); }
+.pressed .mark { color: var(--accent); font-family: var(--mono); font-size: 0.8rem; }
+.pressed .name { font-size: 1.08rem; }
+.pressed .name .artist { color: var(--graphite); }
+.pressed .matrix {
+  margin-left: auto; font-family: var(--mono); font-size: 0.64rem; letter-spacing: 0.18em;
+  color: var(--graphite); text-transform: uppercase;
+}
+
+/* ── Empty state ──────────────────────────────────────── */
+.empty {
+  padding: 28px 0 32px; color: var(--graphite); font-size: 1.05rem; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 46ch;
+}
+
+/* ── Buttons + fields ─────────────────────────────────── */
+.btn {
+  font-family: var(--mono); font-size: 0.7rem; letter-spacing: 0.14em; text-transform: uppercase;
+  padding: 9px 16px; border: 1.5px solid var(--ink); background: transparent; color: var(--ink); cursor: pointer;
+}
+.btn:hover { background: var(--ink); color: var(--paper); }
+.btn.accent { border-color: var(--accent); color: var(--accent); }
+.btn.accent:hover { background: var(--accent); color: var(--accent-ink); }
+.btn:disabled { opacity: 0.45; cursor: default; }
+.btn:disabled:hover { background: transparent; color: var(--ink); }
+
+.request-form { display: flex; gap: 16px; align-items: flex-end; flex-wrap: wrap; margin: 22px 0 30px; }
+.field { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 6px; }
+.field > span {
+  font-family: var(--mono); font-size: 0.64rem; letter-spacing: 0.14em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--graphite);
+}
+.field input {
+  font-family: var(--mono); font-size: 0.9rem; padding: 8px 2px; background: transparent;
+  border: 0; border-bottom: 1.5px solid var(--rule-2); color: var(--ink); min-width: 200px;
+}
+.field input::placeholder { color: var(--graphite); opacity: 0.6; }
+.field input:focus { outline: none; border-bottom-color: var(--accent); }
+
+/* ── Colophon ─────────────────────────────────────────── */
+.colophon {
+  margin-top: 40px; font-family: var(--mono); font-size: 0.64rem; letter-spacing: 0.12em;
+  text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--graphite); display: flex; justify-content: space-between;
+  border-top: 1.5px solid var(--rule-2); padding-top: 14px; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 10px;
+}
+
+@media (max-width: 620px) {
+  .tiles { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); }
+  .job { grid-template-columns: 4px 1fr; }
+  .job .chip { grid-column: 2 / 3; justify-self: start; margin-top: 12px; }
+}