Abby Sage - The Rot (2024)

Part of growing into adulthood means tearing down and reconstructing your narrative. This is what the Toronto-born, Los Angeles-based performer Abby Sage has done on her striking, intensely personal debut album, The Rot. It’s a lush, layered alternative pop gem where Abby’s silky vocals kaleidoscopically twirl overtop dreamy synth-and-guitar melodies. Plunging new emotional depths, Abby uses The Rot as a lens to dig into her relationship with sex, anxiety around her own health, raw moments of loneliness, and, ultimately, accepting that change is inevitable.