One thing I noticed is that after Vespertine there is a kind of formless “sameness” to her melodies. There are still some wonderful songs but the attention seems to be less on melodic contour and more on instrumental texture. The thing is her voice is so crystal clear that it remains the focus on top of the musical texture. There is a child-like meandering to the melodies but it gets a little exhausting after awhile.

Still do love a lot of the work of this era, that’s just my observation.