Anna Padgett is a Brooklynite, but her songs sound like they were written and recorded in a prairie homestead. Such is the quiet wonder of the Naysayer, consisting of Padgett and a rotating cast of friends including labelmate Kendall Jane Meade of Mascott, Karla Schikele of Ida, and Tara Jane O’Neill. Their involvement in past Naysayer albums should give you an idea of the territory we’re in: gently reassuring, stripped-down folk-rock.

The title track from Smoke Reality (which was, in fact, recorded in the woods of Oregon) is full of texture, from Padgett’s soothing vocals to the delicate but insistent drums. Tara Jane O’Neill’s production lends an organic quality to the instruments—everything’s given room to breathe, allowed to work their own groove. Taken as a whole, “Smoke Reality” is three minutes of almost otherworldly beauty, like a big slice of that Oregon forest transplanted to NYC.