Casey Dienel has been in the game for a minute: Their first album, 2006’s “Wind-Up Canary,” was the work of a promising 21-year-old classically trained singer-songwriter with a foundation in piano-based pop, but also a strong adventurous streak. In the years since, they’ve delved deeply into more experimental work, both under their own name and the (since-retired) White Hinterland monicker.

Yet there’s little in their catalog to foreshadow the kind of fully-evolved, Carole King “Tapestry”/ Fleetwood Mac-esque pop on display in their first album in eight years, “My Heart Is an Outlaw,” which is far more approachable and conventional (in a good way) than their previous albums.

The album’s lyrics are filled with themes of change, growth and transformation, and Dienel says in the press m

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