i recommend caroline spence's debut album, somehow, streamable here (she did release an ep in '13). an intensely lovely singer, though perhaps still developing. she's got a bunch of excellent songs, and i would say as a writer she's got people like steve earle and lucinda on board, but also connects to brandy clark-kacey musgraves-ashley monroe melancholic contempotrad. i like a lot of the songs, and don't dislike any of them, but try the uncharacteristically uptempo "kissing ain't the same as talking".
