Maria Taylor's soulful melodies and honeyed vocal talents ahve cropped up on the releases of the Crooked Fingers, Bright Eyes, Moby, the Bruces and the Faint. She writes the sort of classic, sad songs once favored by the first ladies of American songwriting. On this, her first solo full-length, she evokes the artisty of greats like CArole King, Laura Nyro and Rickie Lee Jones while spanning the spectrum from acoustic folk to electronic dream pop. The all-star cast includes Cursive's Gretta Cohn, Now It's Oever Head's Andy Le Master and Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis.