Twelve darkly luminous songs. Twelve little broken hearts. Each an exploration of wounded emotions from various perspectives that invariably leads to a place of beauty and uplift.

Jones had known Danger Mouse, aka Brian Burton, since he called her in 2008 to contribute vocals to ROME, his valentine to classic Italian film score music. "I've always known about Norah's voice," says Burton, "and it was in my mind when doing the parts for ROME. We didn't really talk about many people, but Norah was the first person we went to. She's such a great singer."