Across three releases on SOFTSPOT's own Zen as Fuck imprint, singer and bassist Sarah Kinlaw has explored the vulnerability that she watches for in strangers. The Brooklyn art-pop quartet's new single, "Abalone", sounds like an eerier Metronomy, with driving synths and urgent rhythms that blend into Kinlaw's operatically trained voice. The song has dark undertones—an anxiety from the simultaneous yearning for solitude and love—but overall it's soothing. Kinlaw's cadence is similar to Kate Bush’s; a haunting effect lingers on each note. There's a tension that's only relieved when her singing breaks off, and nothing remains but space for reflection.