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Steady pop composer Emily Ann Imes, fresh off of her years in New York City, is returning to the forefront of her career with North Side Angel, her eleventh “composition collection” and the first to be released on iTunes since 2011’s Almond Dust. This new 12-track album features compositions from the end of her NYC tenure, plus new tracks written from her new home in the capital city of Ohio. The songstress and pianist who first hit airwaves with 2005’s Heaven’s Light has assembled a sound of a one-man band, tying in themes of loss and heartbreak with a few glimpses of hope. Fans of Emily’s previous compositions will appreciate her (literal) return to form on a brand new version of Trippin’ Vista, a stand-out track from her 2007 album Russian Mountain Nation. While her secondary instruments are not present on this effort, those who enjoy her more stripped down art will find themselves at home with the piano-only Autumn Mountain. The album also features a return to orchestration with Endless Note, a driving string track centered around a repeated-note motif. But it is with Emily’s vocals that we find the most emotion. In Alone, she makes reference to a partner on the stage whose identity might be hinted at in the first track on the album. The later Eternal Song, originally meant for the aforementioned Russian Mountain Nation, is rewritten as a soft rock track that is anything but soft. And the album’s final track -- an Epilogue for the ages in the style of Midnight Rave -- hints at what might yet be to come for Emily and her career. “And when I land, where will I journey?” Wherever she goes, whatever she does next, it’s clear that Emily is laying the groundwork for something truly breathtaking.