Free-form definition can be heard in the dichotomy between Dey’s synthetic compositions and her lyrics. Though near-indecipherable at times, Dey’s words are deeply moving. Her voice is so pitchy at certain moments that her prose isn’t always easy to make sense of. When it is, it’s because Dey’s pointing to a specific revelation you shouldn’t miss. There’s mystery to Flood Network that’s initially puzzling upon first listen, but it’s so rewarding to feel like you’ve cracked Dey’s code once her prose unravels. This is an album that you need to sit with, listen and re-listen to, until Dey’s meaning is made clear. And sitting with this album is well-worth it, because the lyrics on Flood Network are coded messages of support and resilience separated by interludes that act as connective tissue, short compositions that chain one bit of poetry to the next.