Sleeper

Once a model who appeared on the covers of Vogue and Marie Claire, the singer's debut is the first music she's ever shared with the world, having written in private for years. Sleeper evokes the seedy prowl of Royal Trux and early Sonic Youth, and has a disaffected air.

The involvement of Prins Thomas, Serena Maneesh's Emil Nikolaisen, and the largely electronic imprint Smalltown Supersound in a set of songs by a former Vogue model suggests any number of musical directions, yet Carmen Villain's debut Sleeper defies almost any expectations listeners might have.