Outro

3 years since the release of 10 000, Kahn is no longer the same songwriter. She's dropped the moniker and with it any sense of impersonation; what's left is Emilie as herself, a keen writer determined to bend pop to her will. Outro, her latest effort, produced in collaboration with Warren C. Spicer of Plants and Animals, shows a craftsman come into her own. The songs have become something else, something older. Outro is a remorseful exit from youth, a pained look back as Kahn pores over every misplaced feeling and bad call. Teeming with adulthood's melancholy, Kahn offers indie pop crafted with a miniaturist hand toward intimacy while still reaching for the grandiosity of the genre's icons. This is a record that stings as much as it soothes, and never misses a chance to swing for the fences as she glances around one last time before heading off to some future island.Side A1. Swimmer2. Island3. Three4. Will You?5. AquariumSide B6. Horse7. Don't8. Never Good Enough9. Seeking