See You On the Moon is tethered by Merritt's eye for chiseled detail, her evocative voice, and her steely desire for emotional breakthrough and musical growth. New textures, angles, and instrumentation abound. The record opens with Mixtape, an analog-fueled love letter to the handmade cassette tape. Brought to life with Bill Withers' spare arrangements in mind, Mixtape is punctuated by percussive strings and hand claps. "At heart, making a mixtape is a really introverted pleasure. We didn't want lose that sort of I've got a secret feel." Engine To Turn swells with a melody both simple and beautiful, bound by a life affirming lyric. The driving Six More Days of Rain, a meditation on the beauty of human resilience, resonates with the power of piano and pleading voice. Feel of the World, at the record's heart, recounts the story Tift's grandmother's recent death through the eyes of the grandfather she never knew.