Vita and the Woolf

Formed on the outskirts of Philadelphia and later decamping to Los Angeles, this brainchild of singer/songwriter Jennifer Pague explores dark, soul-searching themes in a moody, but often anthemic, synth pop style with occasional R&B undertones. Pague was raised from the mid-'90s onward in the middle-class suburb of Downington, Pennsylvania. She sang in the choir at elementary school, before going on to learn both the clarinet and the saxophone. Growing up listening to Mariah Carey and Alicia Keys, helped her to realize that she had a similarly powerful vocal style. In tandem,...