By far and away her most consistent one yet, despite my rating not being that much higher. Instead of abruptly switching atmospheres and erratically gonig from sad folk to happy country, this one evolves progressively and smoothly, the only exception being the awful, non existent transition between the mellow 3 and, after brief silence, the sudden distortion of 4 (very mild, but in music this soft it still feels harsh). 1 is pretty superb folk and almost a jam, 2 being very similar, into the slightly jollier and countrier 3. 5 is softer and more contemplative, and 6 is nice too. As always with Lenker, this is great for 20 minutes, and then by track 7 is starts feeling all too samey. However 8 does bring a couple darker chords and much welcome slight melodic variation, saving this from really dropping points. To me she could do very well on EP format, and she definitely makes some really pretty songs both instrumentally and vocally, but as a solo artist she still needs to progress to fill time in interesting ways on a full-length format. 3.6
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