Returning after four years of relative silence after 2012's Revery, Yohuna delivers an atmospheric, catchy, and hazy take on indie pop, taking influences from dream pop, ambient pop, shoegaze, indie rock, and even synthpop. It's not drowning in reverb or hindered by a soulless production job; in fact, plenty of the instruments used here are organic and flow seamlessly with the electronic segments of the music. An early example and highlight comes on "The Moon Hangs In The Sky Like Nothing Hangs In The Sky", and later on the rolling "Apart". Of course, Yohuna herself, really named Johanne Swanson, has a marvelous voice for the job, being airy so as to match the sound but without sacrificing intimacy. Patientness never becomes an exercise in the subject due to all of this, and at thirty-four minutes, manages to be one of the most well-written and enjoyable pop albums of the year.
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