Lila Drew 376

On her debut album All The Places I Could Be, singer/songwriter Lila Drew brings a radiant clarity to the more shadowy aspects of coming-of-age: the self-doubt and insecurity, misplaced longing and paralyzing anxiety. The 22-year-old artist transforms all that unease into high-impact pop songs, tapping into the refined musicality she’s honed since writing and producing her own material from the age of 10. With its elegant balance of introspection with poetic observation (an element the Yale University student also applies to her studies in audio and literary culture), All The Places I Could Be establishes Drew as a vital new voice in left-field pop, capable of capturing the most liminal moments in songs with a strangely timeless power.