Also an activist, writer, and publisher, songwriter released a trio of solo EPs during the late 2000s and early 2010s, in between her time with Girls Rock Philly and indie duo . These solo releases introduced her sparse, home-brewed, synthesizer-led approach to songs. As the 2010s turned the corner into the 2020s, 's main focus was Womanly Magazine, a publication centered on the health and creative expression of women and non-binary readership. However, she still managed to complete this, her solo full-length and debut, , her first solo release in over a decade. Lusher but still intimate and spacious in design, its lyrics look back to informative moments of longing and absence in her childhood. Unlike her prior releases, it was recorded in Philadelphia with producer ( , ), who was careful not to move 's sound far from its bedroom origins. Playful introduction "Seventy," for instance, consists of squishy, '80s-type keyboard tones delivered one note at a time alongside soft, spacy, high-pitched vocals, and spoon-and-can-like percussion. Twinkly timbres, layered vocal lines, and a bass drum and tambourine keeping 6/8 time mark the calliope-evoking "Mildest Winner," which seems to address childhood abandonment, ending with the repeated line "Someone come and get me." This juxtaposition of quirky, lively accompaniment and distressed lyrics continues through songs like the post-punky "Basic Economics," marching organ tune "Broad and Cherry," and the warped, ian "Alone," which includes lyrics like "My broken nose is a violet/On a beautiful day we are violent." While some songs' lyrics are more inscrutable than others (the catchy "Dog and Pony Show"), and there's the occasional melancholier entry (the birthday-themed "Wanna Go"), buoyant melodies and arrangements that are part hypnotic and part whimsical dominate on an intriguing debut. ~ Marcy Donelson