Joanna Sternberg - a thread

This is a great record and just super simply refreshing, and popping up in lots of end of year polls. Thus, a thread, hopefully not a second thread?
Obvious comparisons for me are Daniel Johnston / Jonathan Richman / Judee Sill even? but i'm probably missing others. Didn't hear the first LP but this one is just really comforting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG-Q3GM7YkE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJBbPyS68TE

I was gonna say Van Dyke Parks and Randy Newman too but i'm being way too heavy on the dudes here

joanna newsom (especially "inflammatory writ") is another obvious comparison. i've enjoyed my listens of this but haven't really been coming back to it much

It’s a very good album. We listened to it a few times on a family road trip and the kids liked it. I like how it combines the naked emotions of Richman/Johnston with a more sophisticated melodic approach. Judee Sill is a good reference point, I wouldn’t have thought of that.

The viewpoint can be tricky; the way she sings can make it come across as naive but it gets emotionally complex.