The third long-player from the Seattle-based singer/songwriter who had a memorable duet with
Ben Gibbard on the 2002
Postal Service hit "Nothing Better," the New Granada-issued
Wilderness finds the Pacific Northwest songstress offering up an evocative, largely piano-based set of ten new originals that skillfully blur the line between folk and pop, while introducing a flurry of electronic elements into the mix. A bolder and more adventurous outing than 2010's more intimate Finds You in Love,
Wilderness finds
Wood pushing herself both lyrically and musically into largely uncharted territories. ~ James Christopher Monger