Angela Desveaux & the Mighty Ship

While Angela Desveaux's Thrill Jockey debut, WANDERING EYES, positioned her as kind of a Gillian Welch for the Cat Power set (or vice versa), her follow-up album, THE MIGHTY SHIP, abandons most of its predecessor's Americana trappings in favor of a more rock-oriented sound. Though there are still some moody acoustic ballads here, they seem less tied to rootsy templates, and the more electric/upbeat tracks show that Desveaux's warm voice and introspective lyricism translate just as well to an indie-rock approach.