Kevin Bronson on August 21st, 2014

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Madi Diaz’s forthcoming album “Phantom” is one of the dance-while-you’re-mad, dance-while-you’re sad collections that sees the Berklee-educated, formerly Nashville-based singer-songwriter fully transitioning from folk to electro-pop. As evidenced by the irresistible single “Stay Together,” it works; the album reveals a sophisticate’s touch for songwriting as well as Nick Ruth’s accessible-but-not-overbearing production. The video for the single is the work of Claire Marie Vogel (Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Atlas Genius) and draws inspiration from the work of Diaz’s favorite visual artist, James Turrell, whose work with light, color and space was the subject of a retrospective that ended this spring at LACMA. The video was filmed at the Fitzpatrick-Leland House, a restored Rudolf Schindler design located in the Hollywood Hills. Color. The album is out Sept. 30.