“Blending operatic theatricality and a dark-pop MO, her voice is more resonant than ever, whether she practices restraint or leaps into uninhibited fury. Posing philosophic questions and venting angst, Vu revels in hooks that unfold like a humid July evening filled with fireflies. Romanticism, like Public Storage, unfurls amidst striking paradoxes. On “Hammer”, for instance, Vu sounds like someone”
“With her forceful contralto and skyscraping pop-rock, the Los Angeles songwriter’s second album is a dramatic chronicle of exiting young adulthood into an uncertain future.”
“The LA singer-songwriter makes sadness eminently danceable on her sophomore LP.”
