Billianne Lowry’s rise is a familiar early-2020s success story: The Milton, Ontario, singer became a social-media star during pandemic lockdowns thanks to a novel cover version—in her case, a gentle folk makeover of Tina Turner’s gloss-pop anthem “Simply the Best,” inspired by a similarly styled rendition featured in an episode of Schitt’s Creek. But with her first full-length record of originals, Billianne transcends the trappings of viral fame and digs her heels in for the long haul, presenting a quasi-conceptual song cycle that documents the experience of a young woman coming into her own in the midst of a massive life change. Modes of Transportation positions Billianne somewhere between the dulcet indie-folk of Lucy Dacus and the heartrending serenades of Adele, as she invests reflective, string-swept acoustic reveries like “Jessie’s Comet” and “Cassiopeia” with an old soul’s passion and poise. But Modes of Transportation also shows Billianne is as much a musical omnivore as a traditional singer-songwriter, as she sets the acoustic guitar aside to hit the dance floor with the synth-powered “Baby Blue” and the euphoric foot-stomper “Crush.”