Kelli Frances Corrado, Shepherdess (out now, Flat Field Recordings, kellifrancescorrado.com) With her icy vocals and cold, detached electronica sound, Shepherdess, Corrado’s sophomore release, has the same ethereal and disjointed feel as her first full-length, Diamond Matter, but with far less live instrumentation. It’s hard to say whether this dissolves some of the connection with listeners, but it almost seems as if she’s pulling away on purpose. Yet as the songs slipped by, I started to understand where she was coming from. In particular, “Swan Initiative” drew my attention; with its silky, slow rhythm it was one of my favorites of the bunch. Relying more on her own voice and mixed soundbites, synthy instrumentals and percussion meld the whole collection together into an oddly intriguing brew. (Fri., Oct. 17, Josephine) MORGEN SCHULER

Wishbeard, Ally Sheedy 7-inch (out now, Our Voltage, wishbeard.bandcamp.com) Although there’s a Seattle band named Cumulus, it’s arguable that Wishbeard makes the most cloudlike music in town. The foursome’s new single drifts and floats around with wispy delayed guitar as Bryn Santillan’s vocals flitter like little sunbeams poking through the fog. As the single’s cover—a lady climbing out of bed as soft light breaks through the window—suggests, the song evokes a certain morning haziness, the splendor of getting up on a quiet Sunday, wiping the crust out of your eyes, and facing the day. “You know you fade away,” Santillan exhales at the track’s climax before it rushes, via a guitar solo, into the daylight. B-side “Quaaludes” does, appropriately, have a sedative effect on the listener—reminiscent of some of Interpol’s dreamier moments without any of the gothy gloom. The songs slot nicely alongside the group’s previous outing, It’s All Gonna Break, an EP that was markedly floaty in tone, although a bit more synth-heavy than these new songs. Wishbeard has its sound down pat, and it’s exciting to hear it being refined even more. KELTON SEARS