Nashville songwriter Kayla Graninger, who records wonky art pop under Elke, will release her second album, Divine Urge, this Friday. Co-produced by Graninger and close friend Jake McMullen, Divine Urge bursts with her numerous influences, melding the relentless experimentalism of Brian Eno with the marvelous wit of Fiona Apple and Kate Bush. Just like her debut LP, No Pain For Us Here, Paramore’s Zac Farro assists on drums, and this time other members enter the fold, including Hayley Williams (“Standard Information”) and touring rhythm guitarist Brian Robert Jones (“One Fake Sedative”) as Elke’s enchanting vision ushers us across 11 tracks. Nature remains a central tenet, representing the space where she can be her truest self and reset, which is boldly reflected in her “Enchanté” video. “No matter how much we develop as a society, we will always have to return to nature — it is wiser than us and cannot be controlled,” Elke says, who uses the natural world to feel more alive.