“Everything in love kills you,” quivers Denai Moore on Piano Song, Elsewhere’s soulful opener, setting the tone for a debut album soaked in sadness. Produced by Rodaidh McDonald (the xx, Savages), with additional work by Ben Drew (AKA Plan B), Moore’s intricate, slow-burn tales of fractured relationships are encased in sonically adventurous surroundings; the spacious electronic pulse that frames Absent, No Light’s woozy horns, the click-clack beat beneath the title track’s fragile folk. This variety isn’t always matched by Moore’s melancholic vocal, however, which eventually starts to feel a little too mannered, leaving you longing for some fire with the fragility.
