Upon initial listen, Precipice, the new album from indie powerhouse Indigo De Souza, feels almost mannered. Any Shape You Take, her 2021 breakout, was a raw nerve of musicality, every song threatening to erupt into emotional violence and pitch-shattering vocal lacerations, as though she were cutting through pop music’s standard build-release-repeat by opening up a vein — all release, all the time. It was almost too cathartic. And while 2023’s All of This Will End started to make inroads to a more overt pop direction (while also covering a more sonically diverse array of sounds and styles), the electronic drum beats and synthesizers came across like friendly overtures toward a groove-friendly palette, previously considered too slick to capture such jagged feelings.

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