With each of her projects, Me Lost Me‘s Jayne Dent creates an all-encompassing world, and on This Material Moment, it’s one filled with tension and uncertainty. Though her previous album RPG revolved around the imaginary landscapes of video games, the tangible here and now her fourth full-length focuses on feels even less stable. One thing is certain: This Material Moment features some of Dent’s most emotional songwriting. The automatic writing techniques she learned during her studies with Julia Holter shook loose fears and confessions she could no longer avoid, and she confronts them and the “negative days” she outlines on the brooding album opener “Useful Analogies.” Dent skillfully uses language’s power to capture and subvert states of being on…

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