As her provocative new video "Always" demonstrates, Lanfranconi's is a persuasive, painstakingly crafted contemporary style that acknowledges tradition even as it charges forward as a shadowy 21st-century update. "Always" relies on a peculiarly twisted mixture of a disturbing stalker theme and Lanfranconi's exquisitely tender vocal caress - a knock-out sucker punch combination that easily rates her as a force to be reckoned with.
