Album Review: Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Body by Eartheater

The most jarring moment of Eartheater's fifth album comes during "Volcano," a sunken lament for misguided love. Alexandra Drewchin's voice--her most versatile resource, often pushed to ethereal or guttural extremes--cuts through to declare: "I'm obsessed with this grain of salt/I'm fixated on a grain of sand." With her voice unaffected, grounded in the alto section of her three-octave range, Drewchin, who often appears otherworldly in her music, almost sounds like a woman you might know. Firmly bound to themes of renewal and rebirth, Phoenix: Flames Are Dew Upon My Skin is a winning experiment in economy and earthiness from an artist previously known for ornament and excess.

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