Bay Area singer-songwriter Mae Powell‘s debut album on Karma Chief Records, Making Room for the Light, serves up a West-coast brand of vintage, pastel-colored, jazz-meets-indie-pop beauty akin to Atlanta’s Faye Webster. Her latest single “Contact High” has origins in conversations with Powell’s elderly neighbor about a song with the spirit of being high socially, but not outrightly about weed. A soundtrack to the get-together. Jazzy, groovy, and effortless, Powell does this faithfully, taking a step back in time to the days of sunken living rooms and flitting about in kaftans while you sip from that new exotic tiki drink that’s been all the rave.

“Contact High” is out now. Making Room for the Light is out August 15th.

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