Reaching out for the impossible while love is running underneath, under our skin, running all over, like a rhizome. Those two may stand as a phenomenon. I want you to feel them. They are already there. That"s why they can easily be forgotten. Ephemeral as Petals conjures a nuanced, emotion drenched world from a minimalist core of voice and piano. Higuchi s voice slides from bombast to mournful chant effortlessly, channeling Diamanda Galas as much as Freddie Mercury, with the instrumental space between vocal passages serving to amplify its affecting resonance. From interpretations of jazz standards to her own compositions, this is album makes for a difficult but captivating new direction in sound.