Suzzy Roche & Lucy Wainwright Roche, I Can Still Hear You

Although Maggie Roche passed away in 2017, the legacy of the singing sisters from New Jersey endures: The Avalanches sampled “Hammond Song” in “We Will Always Love You” earlier this year, and family traditions old and new are renewed on Suzzy’s third and strongest album with daughter Lucy (her dad is Loudon Wainwright III). Softly padding beauties like the title song and “I Think I Am a Soul” are imbued with a sense of loss and longing, as is a version of Maggie’s never-recorded “Jane.” The heartbreaking depiction of humanity’s cruelty in “Ruins” feels chillingly relevant. Recorded partly during the early months of the lockdown, the album has a hushed, muted melancholy about it: the goofy joy of classic Roches may be missing, but the family vocal blend and wry intelligence are, thankfully, being passed to the next generation. — D. Browne