Coral Egan is an artist reborn. After early career success – with The Path of Least Resistance (2002) and My Favourite Distraction (2004) receiving a JUNO Award nomination and Félix award win between them – Egan might have been forgiven for hitting artistic cruise control. Instead, she put out another album (Magnify), had a child, then fell madly in love, all of which kick-started a bout of soul searching that became the catalyst for an artistic conversion. In 2010, drawing from a rich palate of new influences, she began writing again. Entering the studio in late 2011 with co- producer/engineer Tim Gowdy, she began a series of collaborative sessions with a group of Montreal musicians that culminated in the release of The Year He Drove Me Crazy, an album that evokes California soul, singer- songwriter and indie-rock, while retaining Egan's distinctive jazz-inflected vocal style.