Once the lead singer of Velocity Girl, Sarah Shannon took a long time to put out a solo album after the band’s dissolution in 1996. Her self-titled debut is a stylistic left turn from Velocity Girl, full of horns and strings and piano. This is lush, orchestral pop that wouldn’t sound out of place on a really good AM radio station. (Yeah, kids. Remember AM radio? They used to play music on it instead of right-wing call-in shows.)

Apparently one to take the path trailed by the likes of Lucinda Williams, who took an average of six years to put out a new album until Essence, Sarah Shannon has disappeared back into the ether. Maybe it’s because the album didn’t get very much press, or maybe it’s just that music isn’t a priority for her these days. Whatever the case, I hope she changes her mind—the world could use a little more Bacharach these days.