Desire, I Want to Turn Into You (2023)

Caroline Polachek treats her voice as an acrobatic instrument across crisp, sun-warmed pop productions. Welcome to My Island establishes her playful, dramatic presence straight away, its swooping vocal over a driving beat. Then try Blood and Butter, where a bagpipe solo arrives in the middle of a pastoral pop song and somehow feels inevitable. Experimental pop made to sound glamorous.