That lovely, vaguely macabre little-girl voice remains, but Stina Nordenstam�s music has softened slightly, lifting the shroud that made some of her previous releases almost painful to listen to. The understated arrangements couch her vocals in velvety guitars, keys, horns, strings, percussion and/or beats, not unlike those of her last album, 2001�s This Is Stina Nordenstam. With a touch more speed and substance, however, even her most morose lyrics fail to devastate completely. The familiar music-box quality of her tunes has even developed a delicate lilt, which suits the Swedish singer just fine.