Where Swedish singer-songwriter Frida Hyvönen’s debut album, 2006’s Until Death Comes, depended on a claustrophobic austerity to drive its lyrically unflinching tales through to the heart, her 2008 follow-up allows for greater orchestration and deep wells of vocal reverb to make it sound as if Hyvönen is delivering these intriguing sermons from the pulpit of a gorgeous cathedral. “Dirty Dancing” begins things with a compact short story of two young people, Frida and Jimmy, who once shared in pivotal emotional moments and now deal in the complicated logistics of adulthood. The sly humor can pass you by considering the romance of the arrangement. Hyvönen does this routinely. “Highway 2 U” is a committed love song where she admits near song’s end that she’ll flip the cops the bird if they attempt to stop her on her journey to love. Hyvonen thrives on controversy; “December” recounts an abortion with emotions mostly in check. But more than the songs’ adventurous subjects, the power here is still the music, where vocal choirs and cascading drums fuel Hyvönen’s piano trills and enhance her natural penchant for drama.