"Ebert sounds much more relaxed, less affected here as a vocalist, settling into a pleasing, conversational tone that cheekily deflates the pomp inherent to his adopted persona (from "Dear Believer": "The world's gettin' heavy on my shoulders as a child/ But I let it all go to my waist"). But this evolution does come at the expense of his more feisty foil Jade Castrinos; where she served as the grounding influence to Ebert's unrestrained whimsy on Up From Below, on Here, her excitable solo turns on the honky-gospel hoedown "That's What's Up" and the histrionic southern-rock wailer "Fiya Wata" sound too in-your-face and out of place amid Here's laidback, sun-stroked vibe".