Brittany Ann Tranbaugh -- Brittany Ann Tranbaugh

Brittany Ann Tranbaugh made a fateful decision last year: pursue music full-time and take any and all opportunity that came her way. In fact, half of the items listed in our weekly roundup’s Artist Resources section are from Tranbaugh. On her new self-titled EP, Tranbaugh demonstrates her versatility and her keen eye for humanity.

Tranbaugh captures yearning with style. “Almost Ready To Be Friends” and “Can’t Wait No Rush” show Tranbaugh’s poppier side: the slick grooves and easiness with which Tranbaugh lets loose her gently self-mocking sighs take the edge off some painful situations. But Tranbaugh also confronts difficult emotions head on: the criminally catchy “Pennsylvania” captures her ambivalence about being from the state’s more conservative interior, and how that reconciles with her queerness. “We Could Be Comets” offers an achingly gorgeous attempt to build connection, even though the timing isn’t right.

If this EP is a sampler for what Tranbaugh has in the kitchen, we can’t wait to see what she cooks up next.

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