New York's Elizabeth & the Catapult focuses on the songwriting talents of Elizabeth Ziman, whose perceptive indie pop makes room for Brill Building influences, coffeehouse folk, and piano jazz. They made their major-label debut as a trio with Taller Children in 2009. Operating as a duo but recording with such guests as Blake Mills and Gillian Welch, the project released the Leonard Cohen-inspired The Other Side of Zero in 2010. Going forward as a collaborative solo project, Ziman landed on the Billboard Americana/folk chart with 2014's Like It Never Happened. Elizabeth & the Catapult's fifth studio album, 2021's sincerely, e, was a topical work recorded at home while sheltering from the COVID-19 virus.