It might seem premature to call this Nashville singer’s first full-length a break-through, but that’s very much the way it sounds. Along with Cat Power and Beth Orton, Niceley moves around plush sheets of sound with troubled emotions and sensual insights. She draws on the blues for personal strength, and on string sections — meticulously and soulfully arranged and performed by Chris Carmichael — for grace. Those strings turn Bobby Blue Bland’s “Blind Man” into “Blind Woman”, and along with Niceley’s darting and lingering phrasing, transform the song into a drama that both Bobbie Gentry and Nina Simone would recognize.