Comfortably in the sweet spot of mainstream fringe since the 90s, Chan Marshall's music has always channeled the plight of a heart that is fragile and for better/worse, forever open. Basically what I'm saying is, when you go thru a breakup, her catalog is as necessary as a box of Kleenex.

It's been six years since her last album and staying true to self, the ups have been up and the downs have been down.  She had a baby, got sh*t on by her record label and thanks to Rihanna, turned a momentary 'micro-heartbreak' into song. *Did I just coin a new term?

Click here to read a far more eloquent synopsis, compliments of The New York Times.

"An old lover, he was picking me up and he opened the door and that song was on the radio," she recalled. "He said, 'Oh, there's my girl,' and I thought he was talking about me, you know? Then the song ended and he turned off the radio, and I realized he was talking about Rihanna." A few years later, not long after the birth of her son, she heard it again in a taxi and cried the whole ride. That night, she had plans to meet a friend at a karaoke bar, and decided "Stay" would be the only song she performed. She sang it 16 times."

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go listen to it 16 times.