Palehound’s sophomore album, A Place I’ll Always Go, builds on the knotted sonic vocabulary that Ellen Kempner has been playing with for a few years now, and its dual exploration of love and loss makes it one of the best albums of the year so far. We’ve heard “Flowing Over,” “Room,” and “If You Met Her” from it so far, and today the entire thing is streaming via NPR’s First Listen. You can stream it here and read through our recent interview with Kempner while you do.

A Place I’ll Always Go is out 6/16 via Polyvinyl.