 In January 2017, Polachek released her second solo album, "Drawing The Target Around The Arrow", under her initials, CEP.Polachek was scheduled to perform at Moogfest 2018, but she pulled out in December 2017 when the festival advertised a list of female-identifying artists performing that year, despite the festival lineup being predominantly male.She followed up with a statement on Twitter saying "This speaks not to the artists or their music, but to the politics of the festival and self-congratulatory PR.