Natalie Bergman has always made music that feels both timeless and touched by something just out of reach. On My Home Is Not In This World, her radiant new album and the follow-up to 2021’s Mercy, the LA-based singer-songwriter leans into rebirth, motherhood, and the kind of joy that only comes after devastation. If Mercy was a gospel-tinged reckoning written in the shadow of profound loss, My Home Is Not In This World is its luminous companion, a record steeped in spirit, not sorrow.

Produced by her brother and longtime collaborator Elliot Bergman and recorded straight to analog tape, the 12-song collection feels like Motown wandered into the Mojave and found salvation in the sand. There’s gospel soul, desert-fried country, and vintage pop all carried by Bergman’s otherworldly voice which is equal parts prayer, plea, and lullaby. The birth of her son Arthur in 2024 becomes the album’s quiet center of gravity, infusing each track with warmth, wonder, and a newfound lightness.

Best known for her work with Wild Belle, Bergman’s solo work has carved out its own sacred space — deeply personal, spiritually charged, and emotionally raw. My Home Is Not In This World doesn’t chase the past or deny the pain that preceded it; instead, it chooses grace, grit, and a forward-facing faith that feels earned.