Alison May is a Texan who has lived in Oakland for a couple years now, and she credits her new home with pushing her music in a more experimental direction. The result is her sophomore album, Loved/Dark, a subtle, dark, beautiful collection of dreamy folk songs that just premiered over on Wondering Sound.

Listen to it here:

As a bonus, here’s May covering Robyn’s “Call Your Girlfriend”, which is just such a great choice on her part that I thought it deserved special recognition: