Jessica Pratt is a young songwriter with a decidedly old soul and a voice that balances spry sweetness with husky grit.

“Night Faces” has a weathered, world-weary vibe as she sings of shedding “a million tears trying to dig myself out all these years,” while “Half Twain the Jesse” moves with an air of childlike curiosity.

The songs themselves also feel lodged in some liminal realm between past and present, devoid of references that might place them in a historical moment. But their sepia tone never feels like a cheap gimmick; words like “brethren,” “twain,” and “bushel” roll off Pratt’s tongue so naturally that you quickly become enveloped in the record’s self-contained grammar.

The effect is cumulative, lulling the listener into a tranquil, meditative space somewhere outside the interruptions of the modern world.

Vinyl, LP, Repress