The new Morning World suggests not the early hours of the day — which would be in keeping with Teen Daze’s aesthetic — but a greeting. It serves as a coming-out of sorts for Jamison, introducing him to a larger indie-pop world. Recorded and mixed in the span of 10 days with help from producer John Vanderslice, Morning World strips away the self-recorded layers of Jamison alone in his bedroom, and instead places live accompaniment behind him throughout these 11 dreamy pop songs.

The first two minutes of “Valley Of Gardens” mix bowed cello, warm organ chords, live drums and a nimble, fingerpicked melody — and then Jamison’s voice appears. While his voice had emerged on previous albums, it was often obscured behind hazy synths. Now it’s here, crystalline and fragile, double-tracked and reminiscent of Elliott Smith or the whispers of early American Analog Set.

Morning World strikes a careful balance of guitar fuzz (“Pink”), the slow and cresting dream-pop of “Post Storm” and the sputtering electronics of the title track. One of the album’s most gorgeous moments comes in “Along”: After a droning keyboard intro, a crisp drum line and pizzicato strings, Jamison’s whispered tenor intermingles with the band, his words evoking grass and violet clouds. It’s an ethereal state that matches his voice perfectly, bringing to mind Roger Waters circa “Breathe.” Right at the line about jumping into a river and being carried along by it, the rhythm on the ride cymbal changes and slows, the space between each instrument widens, and Teen Daze sets us fully adrift in his daydream.

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