When Kayla Cohen spoke to MAGNET in 2016, she gave this explanation for selecting the name Itasca: “The word means a bunch of different things: the idea of truth and the unknown.” The more things change, the more they stay the same. Imitation Of War sounds quite different from the last Itasca record, but then, no two Itasca LPs sound alike, even though they’re all mixed using two essential ingredients. There’s Cohen’s voice (a lithe instrument well suited to convey lyrics that reward your time) and her fluent guitar playing. But the additional elements change each go-round, as does her treatment of the essentials.