When announcing this third studio album on social media, Madeline Edwards called low hanging fruit her “quietest and loudest record” ever. The follow-up to her acclaimed, deeply vulnerable FRUIT, low hanging fruit is, indeed, an exercise in duality. It’s fitting, as Edwards is no stranger to straddling two worlds, whether as a biracial woman working in and out of the confines of country music, or, as FRUIT explored, a grief-stricken sister trying to understand the sudden loss of her brother to schizophrenia. “Soul Will Survive” begins the album on a darkly jubilant note. Edwards declares that her “mind may be broke” but her “soul will survive,” as an interplay of acoustic guitar and mandolin swirls defiantly beneath her triumphant, gospel-tinged harmonies. The raw, intimate production of that track continues across the LP, like on “American Psycho,” a discordant portrait of being mired in grief following monumental loss. Edwards effortlessly glides between singing and speaking on that track, using her keen sense of phrasing to emphasize the tragic narrative. Christian singer-songwriter Cory Asbury joins Edwards on “Sunshine in the Rain,” which lyrically encapsulates her compassion and the contradictions that define her: “Maybe I’m like sunshine in the rain/Maybe I can feel the joy because I’ve felt the pain.”