When used to describe women’s harmonies, the word “haunting” implies that only supernatural sources could create such lush power – according to alt-folk trio Rainbow Girls. In their latest album, the sister-like singers (and multi-instrumentalists), Erin Chapin, Caitlin Gowdey, and Vanessa Wilbourn, reclaim this title for their ordinary non-witch selves. While 2023 saw lighthearted political jabs in their studio drops (“Compassion to the Nth Degree”), HAUNTING departs for trauma and loss across an eerie backdrop of outlaw doo-wop, windy blues, electrified acoustic, and three distinctly chill vocal perspectives that fuse into a fourth supervoice. – Amber Williams