During the ten year build-up to her 2021 debut, Dorothea Paas became somewhat of an indie rock journeywoman, loaning her talents as a singer and guitarist to acts like Jennifer Castle, U.S. Girls, and Badge Epoque Ensemble, while logging plenty of road miles and quietly refining her own material of her own with a series of self-released cassettes. Her dulcet vocals, unique melodic shifts, and lyrical vulnerability recalls the early work of fellow Canadian Joni Mitchell, though her sonic temperament speaks of an allegiance to experimental art rock. By the time Paas finally crafted Anything Can't Happen, her first full-length album, she'd not only won the admiration of her peers, but gained the maturity and sense of depth of a far more seasoned artist.