'The Golden Ass' is a dreamy electroacoustic infusion of folk, country, pop and soft rock, with an undercurrent of ambient, sometimes psychedelic melancholy. Listen closely and you'll hear traces of the millennial r&b that soundtracked her teen years. Her biggest influences are three singers who all arose in the 1970's: Sandy Denny, Bonnie Raiit and the lesser known Valerie Carter. Crackling vinyl atmospherics, a Roland CR-78 drum machine, and a sample of a bong being pulled leads the buzzed tempo of teen angst and emotional numbing on 'Grape & Grain'. Live drums and a solid groove carry 'High' through a late-night slow dance, as Cora's layered vocals recall snapshots from an aimless walk at dusk.