Kevin Bronson on May 3rd, 2013

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The breezy indie-pop on the debut EP by Bets casts the singer as a wide-eyed and sharply observant narrator of matters of the heart, and when there’s a view as in “Rooftop Lover,” beyond. Her voice is a delicate but expressive instrument, recalling Inara George, and the EP – which came out in January and was recorded with Aaron Espinoza and Ariana Murray of Earlimart at the Ship studio in Eagle Rock – boasts the kind of tasteful arrangements that lets Bets work her magic. The singer, who splits her time between New York City and Los Angeles and who has a documentary film credit as Betsey Haley Hershey, is currently working on a full-length. And maybe clambering on a rooftop somewhere for inspiration.

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