The often engrossing soft collision of Cesar Rodrigues' sometimes-retro synth noises and Memphis Kelly's so-human voice does convince as it speaks of its needs and doubts across an entire album.
In songs like the elemental Crescent, Kelly both shivers and ponders, but there's a weight of belief there. There's a tension through much of it - sometimes wise beyond their years, but still asking questions. With You and Isolate are songs with some solitude in them, her voice skipping, but the background electronic buzz could be the war in the protagonist's head. Saatsuma make assured music of sincere, sometimes uncomfortable, feeling.
