Porous, tactile, swelling in places, there is a texture to Audrey that is galaxies from today’s 808s, processed sounds and computer-tuned vocals. With a range of three octaves, the Tennessee-born, California-living vocalist/writer landed somewhere between Laurel Canyon and Laura Nyro’s Stoney End; her vocal leaps feel natural and spontaneous instead of merely athletic vocal power housing.

“I’m not going to sing a song unless I can connect with it in some way,” she offers. “And the meaning of the songs are always changing; it’s whatever the truths are to me in the moment. Maybe those truths are someone else’s, too. That’s what you make art for.”