Montreal-based artist expands and personalizes her sound on second album , moving away from the cloudy indie rock sound of her earlier work for songs that are textural, expansive, and complex. While 's 2018 debut, , wasn't light on synthesizers, the songs stuck largely to familiar-sounding arrangements, with moody guitar figures coasting on pensive, steady drum loops and occasionally bringing in a synth pad or melody to bolster her compositions. Synths and ambient textures are a far more centralized component of . Opening track "Century" begins with a soft chord progression played on a detuned synth, with swirling arpeggios, synthesized string sounds, and staticky percussion all following as 's voice glides in. Waves of synth texture and processed singing open "Path" before a minimal electronic pulse starts to give the song a shape, and interesting programmed rhythms meet up with a swell of bass as the instrumentation crests. 's vocals are various shades of moody and restrained, with different tracks calling to mind , , and even a hint of on the slow-motion sadness of "Eyes Like Babylon." The FM synths and deep bass of "Euphoria in August" are joined by what sounds like organic strings, offering an even more intricate arrangement on an album that already sees reaching out in new compositional directions on almost every track. This reach for new creative ground is wide-ranging, coming through as a tapestry of tightly interwoven rhythms, synth lines, and vocal layers on "Up 2 Me," and as a spare, emotionally naked expression of loss and loneliness on "Cloud Cover." Though much of 's earlier work was shadowed by the grief she was processing through her songs, not only grows beyond the emotional containment of her first album but opens multiple doors of style, thought, and possibility on the way. ~ Fred Thomas