Margaret Glaspy

There’s brutal honesty in the songs of Margaret Glaspy that can make them feel cold, but they’re also heartfelt. Glaspy’s new album Emotions and Math, made with her band, is a huge leap from her earlier EPs Homeschool and If & When, which mostly consisted of the singer and her electric guitar. You can hear Glaspy’s sharp words on those older records, but now that wit and wisdom packs a confident punch—as does her guitar playing, which is no longer simply fingerpicked, but also crunched with power chords behind a newly brazen voice.