From family theatre trips in Saltillo to studying at the Centro de Educación Artística in Mexico City, Regina Isabel Garcia Vallejo—better known as Noa Sainz—has always had a sense of creative curiosity. Inspired in turn by soul icon Aretha Franklin, next-gen R&B auteur H.E.R. and literary greats like José Saramago, she blends distinctively ethereal vocals with a backdrop of glittering, glacial neo-soul. The result is a succession of lush, emotive moments that come together as she paints vivid scenes with sound.