Nene H’s best work is born from disruption. While her singles and EPs are often flirtatious and infectious, she is at her most compelling when cross examining the kind of upheaval that gives way to self-transformation, fusing electronic music genres with the sounds of her SWANA heritage. Her striking album debut, Ali, followed the passing of her father — a body of work that doubled remarkably as both a haunting rumination on grief and a dancefloor weapon. Second Skin similarly wraps itself around loss, inspired by a recent breakup, but rather than ruminate, as on Ali, here Nene annihilates.
…One need not have experienced a breakup to relate to the music, which pulses with industrial power, especially on standout track…