Building onward and inward from their debut, Brooklyn duo ENONA have returned less than a year later to offer a set of songs that are somehow both calmer and fuller than their freshman effort.

The follow-up is a small but potent collection of piano-centric compositions that hit hard and deep while retaining the restraint and meditative nature of the band’s previous work. Multi-instrumentalist Ron Tucker plays contemplatively and emotively atop Arun Antonyraj’s heavily processed guitar swells and soundscapes, creating a cavernous yet delicate backdrop for simultaneously porous and devastating melodies.

“Rekindle” gently opens the album with a live, in-the-room single take featuring a third musician—Marwan Kanafani joins on Rhodes piano. All three were once the epic emo-pop outfit City Breathing, and reflect on years apart and the simple, warm act of reuniting. It’s a gorgeous thesis statement for a record that afterward delves into meditations on class and caring for others, remembering and eulogizing during a difficult year of optimism and intensely gasping for air.

Broken was released on January 28, 2022.