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First Listen: Natalie Prass, 'The Future And The Past'

On her sophomore release The Future and The Past, the heartbreak of Prass' 2015 self-titled debut is still there in spades, but the narrative — as well as the music itself — is somehow grander yet.
Natalie Prass' <em>The Future and The Past </em>comes out June 1.

In 2015, plumbed the depths of romantic heartbreak in grand fashion on her self-titled debut LP. Rife with lush string arrangements and nimble feats of vocal athleticism, it remains one of the rare albums truly deserving of the overused descriptor "cinematic." On her sophomore release (out June 1 on

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