Essie Jane describes The Inbetween, as “a point in your life when you’re stuck… a space where things aren’t ready to take their next shape yet.”

This sense of precarious transition is clearly audible in her follow up to the well-received debut We Made This Ourselves. The Inbetween has a delicate yet rich sound, with a plethora of musicians adding their own style to the New York-based artist’s signature piano.

Whilst her playing technique seems a little too safe and rudimentary, the emotion of her lo-fi music lies in the atmosphere that she creates, and whilst the majority of the melodies Jane relies on tend to veer into pedestrian territory, she carefully kindles them with a soft yet resolute passion.

From the cabaret drum-beats and shanty-like vocals on ‘The Rights’, to the subtle, country violin of ‘Weight Off Me’, Jane imbues each song with a spice of something that lies, like the album’s title, somewhere in the middle.

Charlotte Richardson Andrews