Full of rich, symphonic synth-pop and sparse, heartrending ballads, Melbourne artist June Jones arrives with her self-produced second record, Leafcutter. On the follow-up to her 2019 debut, Jones gives shape to how each of us attempt to make sense of our lives and our selves through looking outwards, lacing together entwined themes of humanity and technology, harmony and dissonance, intuition and uncertainty, the natural, exterior world and our own private, interior universes. Throughout Leafcutter, Jones uses these thematic tensions to explore and explain different aspects of her experience as a “deeply emotional trans woman, a lesbian with ADHD”. Overflowing with intricate details that unfurl with each listen, Jones’ second solo outing fuses contemporary production styles with centuries-old musicological techniques, placing her in the lineage of Björk, Kate Bush and Fiona Apple, artists whose atemporal, collage-like approaches to art-pop have rebuilt music in their own language. With her immersive production, open-hearted lyricism, skeletal electronic arrangements and her enthralling, dynamic vocals, Jones makes Leafcutter feel like the safest, most confessional space to nestle inside of.