Elley Duhé gets back to her Southern roots on her second solo album, where she applies her well-honed songwriting skills and yearning soprano to songs that focus on resilience and faith in the wake of loss. The defiant “Playboy” has the smooth textures and easy melodies of the Urban Cowboy era. The stripped-down “Tangled Heart” showcases Duhé’s ability to craft stacked harmonies, while “Salt and Lime” turns the beach-hang chronicle into a hopeful love song, with Duhé dreaming of “the easy life” and the occasional “kiss with salt and lime”. Duhé, who’s worked with DJs like Zedd and Gryffin, also delves into blending country songs’ sturdy bones with modern pop motifs. The call for salvation “Bottle and a Bible” winds her tale of desperation around trap snares and an insistent violin sample, while “Stairways in the Sky” climaxes with a triumphant sing-along that recalls the festival craze of the 2010s.