Lydia Ainsworth’s 2014 debut album, Right From Real, is hauntingly beautiful. She mesmerized me from the stage not long after its release at SXSW with its gothic experimental/electro pop. I’m duly excited that the Toronto based singer songwriter and producer has since announced a sophomore album, Darling of the Afterglow, due out March 31st via Bella Union. Our first taste off this LP comes by way of a dreamlike music video. The Road is a beautifully captivating balance between glacial swelling rumbles and Lydia Ainsworth’s warm delicate, willowy elegant vocals. She paints a dramatic picture with her shadowy mesmeric song. As an unsettling storm looms in the distance, we travel this precarious road. Our melancholic tranquility is short lived as we trudge forth, across an enchanting yet foreboding soundscape, our hearts restless and unhinged. New album Darling Of The Afterglow can be pre-ordered, here.