Far from Home does what a second album needs to do: it's simultaneously a consolidation and expansion of Aubrie Sellers' strengths as a singer/songwriter, a record that proves the debut was no fluke. Sellers may be flying independent here -- after a run on Thirty Tigers, she's releasing this 2020 album on her own -- but she doesn't run away from New City Blues. She retains Frank Liddell as producer and doubles down on the rough-hewn hybrid of rock and country she dubs "garage country," a term that suggests something a bit grimier than what she achieves. Sellers does ramp up the rock -- the Steve Earle duet "My Love Will Not Change" is strident and sturdy, "Troublemaker" revs to a fuzzed-up riff -- but she also borrows atmospheric rock moves, such as the spacy "Haven't Even Kissed Me Yet." Her music remains rooted in country and Americana, particularly in its sturdy songcraft. The pleasure in Far from Home is how that craft provides a foundation for her to roam into other aural territories without ever getting lost.