CAT Power and Joan As Policewoman grab the headlines but the name on your lips should be Sharon van Etten.

Maybe you made her acquaintance on 2012’s Tramp, a record as arresting as its title, but if you didn’t, Are We There is an even better introduction to her emotional, troubling world.

Now 33, the Brooklyn singer-songwriter has gone to new extremes, yet still well within the hearing range of humans rather than dogs, as forewarned by the opening track, Afraid Of Nothing.

Taking Chances, Your Love Is Killing Me, Love You But I’m Lost, Break Me, you know where this album is going, but it does so with a directness, a boldness, an intimacy, that hooks you in, so while the narratives are personal, their themes of desire, fear, the need for change and a yearning for sanctuary will resonate through their surprising tenderness.

Good news too: she finds resolution at the last on Every Time The Sun Comes Up, and so will you, dear listener.