Karen Jonas’ smoky, steamy and sultry voice serenades the darkest parts of your being. I don’t have enough platitudes to do this album justice. She’s clearly put the work in, paid her dues and this album undoubtedly should be placed high on top of the Americana chart.

Americana literary songsmith Karen Jonas’s sixth LP, The Restless (out Mar. 3), is a dark alt-country exploration of vulnerability. Each song is a confession that lands somewhere between nostalgia and doom. The Restless is a visceral experience: you can feel the “lace and velvet” and taste “the bite of bourbon” on your lover’s tongue.