Initially becoming known as the frontwoman for critically-acclaimed Canadian experimental post-punk group FRIGS, which she co-founded with longtime collaborator, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Duncan Hay Jennings, Salmena then toured the world for the past half-decade with Orville Peck, as an indispensable and instantly recognizable member of his live band.

In her solo music, Salmena, who is signed to Sub Pop, pairs various eras of brooding rock music—from austere goth and cottony shoegaze to hypnotic krautrock and gleaming coldwave—with an introspective singer-songwriter approach, her rich, distinctive vocals a perfect match for evocatively personal lyrics.