Using cello, effects pedals, and a handful of other instruments, Lucinda Chua creates an introspective, sensual liminal space between ambient pop and R&B. For many years, the South London-based singer/songwriter, producer, and composer was better known for her collaborations with artists such as FKA twigs and for her time in the post-rock duo Felix than for her quietly striking solo music. However, the EPs that were gathered as 2021's Antidotes revealed her flair for questioning identity and confronting trauma with open-hearted lyrics and deceptively elegant sounds. For her debut album, 2023's graceful, contemplative Yian, Chua took a restrained, yet full-bodied approach inspired by the work of Maurice Ravel and Talk Talk's Spirit of Eden as well as her Malaysian and Chinese ancestry.