Mandy Moore, the angel-faced actress and sometime singer, interrupted her recent concert in Manhattan to grumble for a moment about the men who did her wrong.

The statuesque 23-year-old, who split from TV star Zach Braff last year and has dated tennis hunk Andy Roddick and man-about-town Wilmer Valderrama, sings through some heavy stuff on “Wild Hope,” her first studio album in more than three years.

The folk-pop disc, released last month and recorded in New York’s rustic Catskill mountains, is a departure from the bubblegum music of Moore’s not-so-distant past. Produced by John Alagia, who’s shaped albums by Dave Matthews and Liz Phair, its acoustic sound and mature themes of heartbreak and personal growth would be more at home in a coffee shop than on popular radio. And Moore, who has had more success as an actress than she ever did as a singer, is fine with that.

After all, her star continues to rise in film, overshadowing her singing career and forays into fashion design. She currently co-stars with Robin Williams in the new comedy “License to Wed,” and will appear later this summer in the art-house romance “Dedication.” Music, however, remains her biggest passion.