Reinvigorated and confident, returns from a six-year absence with her sparkling fifth album, . Following 2013's neon-washed , this set features her liveliest, catchiest production since early-era breakthroughs and , and soundtracks familiar themes of love, loss, desire, and -- as the mother of a young son -- family. Anchored by her yearning and ever-ethereal vocals, the LP delivers on the promising glimmers that were teased on its cool (but ultimately sedate) predecessor, successfully synthesizing the spirit of her early hybrid sound with updated late-2010s sheen. Yet another collaboration with her brother , finds the English singer/songwriter in a mature, controlled space -- an elegant but fresh collection of her familiar electro-folk with a hip-hop heartbeat. Strumming to life with the expansive beauty "Hurricanes," offers moody callbacks to the early 2000s with emotive highlights "Some Kind of Love," "Give You Up," and the title track, which builds to a shiver-inducing beat drop. Lively electro-pop entries "You Don't Need a God," "Mad Love," and "Friends" bubble to life, while the hard-hitting "Hell After This" echoes synth pop and the glittery "Take You Home" pulses with disco glory. even takes subtle cues from , putting her spin on new age grace with the plaintive "Walking By" and the triumphant "Chances." Two decades after her debut, stands impressively strong, a late-era peak that is refreshing in its fearlessness and comforting with a familiarity that doesn't rest too heavily upon the past. Considering the long gap between albums, is more than worth the wait. ~ Neil Z. Yeung