Alana Markel is one of the newest indie artists to emerge from New York City – and her music is the absolute epitome of haunting an ex-lover. It’s entirely hypnotic and deeply mind-gripping, the lovechild of female music legends Imogen Heap and Fiona Apple. Her songs, especially favorites like “Restart” and “Pacer Test,” feel like sucker-punched kisses and the utterly unfair ache of longing. Markel is definitely one to watch, with an ability to explain emotions in her music that most people spend lifetimes trying to figure out.