At the center of the guitar-driven indie rock, new-age, sophistipop and jazz-inspired album is Cassandra Jenkins' curiosity about the quarks and quasars that make up her universe, as she blends field recordings with poetic lyricism that is by turns allusive, humorous, harrowing and confessional - an alchemical gesture that further deepens the richness of the 13 songs on "My Light, My Destroyer".