The Jos-hailing singer-songwriter wades through a sea of raw emotions. Throughout Elinala’s Waves & Tides EP, the emerging singer, songwriter, and producer delivers syrupy melodies that don’t so much take you where you’d expect as lead you where she knows you’ll end up: captivated her by worldview and enchanted by her ability to incorporate Afrobeats, pop, soul, and contemporary R&B into her sound. The Jos native treats her expansive range as a superpower, something especially apparent on tracks like “Potion,” where a subtle but deliberate tone shift reveals a mastery of her instrument without disrupting the mood. The sometimes brooding and other times sultry collection of songs is a confident debut.