As a classically-trained guitarist who grew up in the grunge era, Kristi Lane Sinclair wanted her fifth release, Super Blood Wolf Moon, to strike a balance between the two genres, calling her style “a little Bach, a little Smashing Pumpkins.” The beautiful, brash and bold Haida/Cree musician spent three years writing the album’s twelve songs. Already the longest time she’s ever spent on an album before unveiling it to the world, production was delayed, though not entirely halted, by the pandemic, prolonging the process even further. But in what seems an act of prescience, Super Blood Wolf Moon arrives at exactly the moment it needs to: the album’s layered thematic dualities—anger and love, optimism and despair—express the nuances so many are learning to embrace as they heal.