Singer and songwriter Jess Williamson is an artist whose music looks to the past for inspiration but is performed with an updated outlook and emotional range that gives it a thoroughly contemporary feel. Rooted in contemporary folk, Williamson's spare and evocative melodies and poetic, deeply personal lyrics are influenced by psychedelia and the songwriters' movement of the '70s, as her breathy soprano voice and the blend of acoustic and electric textures in her performances put her in step with her indie folk contemporaries.