The lead singer of the Scottish band Chvrches turns toward the pop mainstream on her first solo album.

The final month of the year begins with the first album from the all-star Blue Note Records collective known as Out Of/Into, as well as solo debuts from Blackpink's Rose and Chvrches' Lauren Mayberry),

The birth of Lauren Mayberry as a solo artist should be marked by something like a wolf cry. And that's exactly what it sounds like.