Portland’s Natasha Kmeto is one of the rare electronic musicians whose innate powers as a vocalist are equal to those she’s honed as a producer. Kmeto’s deep, soulful voice is nestled unassumingly into her older songs’ production, but last year’s Inevitable brought her powerful singing to the forefront. The shift in focus benefits a more pop-oriented record than anything in her back catalog, and firmly casts Inevitable as a strong, emotionally centered follow-up to 2013’s Crisis. Where Crisis documents a time of upheaval, romantic turmoil, and the fallout Kmeto experienced in coming out as queer, Inevitable sees her turn and face the world with confidence. Standout “I Thought You Had a Boyfriend” opens with some of the album’s more abstract production as Kmeto navigates a confusing romantic encounter before oscillating synths and the belted refrain transform the track into a dance floor anthem. NATHAN TUCKER