Bandcamp / Buy On her piercing self-titled 2017 debut as LâRain, Brooklyn artist Taja Cheek sifted through the aftermath of her motherâs death with roaming sensitivity. Intimate field recordings, tape loops, and fragmented harmonies resembled loose sketches, yet LâRainâs scattered structure framed an astounding, up-close document of grief. Fatigue, Cheekâs second album, once again looks inward, but this time allows more light into the corners. Itâs a graceful record whose wearied landscapes of synth, air horn, strings, and saxophone distill a suite of low moodsâdepression, regret, and fearâinto resilience and hope. âWhat have you done to change?â demands Buffalo alt-rock artist Quinton Brock on