Few artists anywhere possess a voice as spellbinding as Salyu's, forceful but unafraid to quiver, capable of transmitting emotions in all their messy glory. After initially earning attention as the fictional singer Lily Chou-Chou, Salyu came into her own via the soaring “To U,” a slow-building ballad that unfolds against a sparse backdrop of piano and guitar. Since then she has wowed listeners with bravura performances of similarly wispy slow-burners and employed her impressive vocal range on uptempo rock numbers like “Atarashii Yes.” Whatever the setting, she's impossible to ignore.