(CBS) A guitar. A voice. Sometimes that’s all a musician needs to lift the listener to a higher place.

Smart lyrics help, too, and Robin Bacior has them. On “Headless Sheep,” she sings about two subjects – a relationship and an unpleasant flight – using direct, uncomplicated imagery. The result is a song that makes listeners feel as if they’re floating through the clouds (but having a much better go of it than Bacior’s protagonist).

(Scroll down to listen to “Headless Sheep”)

Bacior’s voice is the focus here. She’s upfront in the mix, singing with a sweet tone and using layers of harmonies that belie a tough spirit in the lyrics.

The few other songs on Bacior’s site fall loosely under the banner of folk or alt-country, but these are definitely pop songs, just with folk-ish instrumentation, including what sounds like upright piano and slide dobro.

The 24-year-old has a full-length, “Rest Our Wings,” coming out Nov. 1 on Consonants & Vowels. She has a couple live dates scheduled on the east coast in August before embarking on a west coast tour in September.

Read more about Bacior here. Hat tip to @zeitgeisler.

Tour dates (check venues for times):

Aug. 19 – The Grape Room, PhiladelphiaAug. 31 – Cake Shop, Manhattan, N.Y. Sept. 5 – Origami Vinyl, Los AngelesSept. 7 – Hotel Cafe, Los Angeles (with Naomi Greenwald)Sept. 8 – Linnaea’s Café, San Luis Obispo, Calif. (with Naomi Greenwald)Sept. 10 – Sophia’s Thai Kitchen, 바카라사이트 Davis, Calif. (with Nick Jaina and Black Whales) Sept. 13 – Hotel Utah, San Francisco (with Debbie Neigher and Naomi Greenwald)Sept. 15 – Cafe Coda, Chico, Calif. (Bacior’s hometown) Sept. 16 – Sue’s Java House, Redding, Calif. Sept. 18 – Ella St. Social Club, Portland, Ore. (with Harlowe) Sept. 22 – Tiger Lounge, Seattle

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