When Spotify suggested this new release to me, I wasn’t sure what I was getting into — but the dreamy album art and promise of Celtic folk influences drew me in. This album is an overflowing cart in a superstore of sounds; it’s otherworldly and widely influenced. There’s synth on everything and then there’s the voice of a siren luring you to the deeps. Check out “Seven Words” to get a taste of Natalie Mering’s smooth sound.

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Emily Migchels