PARADE OF ECHOES delivers on the power chords and the hooks, but it's no concoction of pop cotton candy. You may hear traces of her love of Brill Building sheen, but lyrically, Maura doesn't shrink from the heavy stuff; she deals with depression and obsession, and she doesn't pray for divine intervention. Shadowy dreamscapes evoke Emily Dickinson, the '50's noir of Patsy Cline, and even Shakespeare's cursed Thane of Cawdor, by way of Don and Phil Everly. It has been said that a good songwriter comforts the disturbed and disturbs the comfortable. Maura, having mastered the craft, does both in this thirteen-song soliloquy, capturing the essence of emotional journeys.

• Genre: Pop
• Label: PLANNED EFFERVESCENC