Delivering on the promise of her 2023 debut, Mesquite’s Hannah Jadagu pivots on her charming second album, Describe. And in typical Jadagu style, she shifts gears quietly.

The “bedroom pop” label was a perfect fit for her first album, Aperture . She actually began recording it in her room during COVID-19 lockdowns while still a student at Horn High School.

On Describe (out Oct. 24 on Sub Pop), she veers from electric guitars to keyboards, ranging from the electro-pop single “My Love” to lusher tunes that border on psychedelic. But as experimental as the album gets, it remains calm and inviting, thanks to Jadagu’s delicate soprano and her mantra-like lyrics about barriers that surround love.

The daughter of parents who moved from Zimbabwe to Texas in the late ’90s, the 23-year-old

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