"The 27-year-old, a young veteran of the New Retro school of singer-songwriters, has said that the album's theme is "coming to terms with depression and the reality of the world we are living in". If that suggests a gloomy interior monologue, rest assured that Andrews, her band and her co-producer, Mark Howard, strike an impressive balance between darkness and light, between the vulnerable and the strong, seeking out the worthwhile in the everyday".