There is something remarkably peaceful and restorative about Nadia Reid’s fourth album; a feat that seems doubly impressive once you learn the singer-songwriter recorded it in the throes of morning sickness, her studio time punctuated by sofa naps and vomiting breaks. The end product shows absolutely no signs of struggle: in fact, this is the kind of unchallenging, beautiful music that seems capable of soothing many a malady.

Admittedly, the comforting nature of Enter Now Brightness is partly a result of its familiarity. There are a couple of forays into period-specific nostalgia: a soft wash of trip-hop on Hold It Up; gated drums and gentle electric guitar on Changed Unchained. But the bedrock is gently melismatic vocals and acoustic guitar in the folk-tinged singer-songwriter tradition (think of Reid as a more genteel and jaunty Laura Marling) and the simplicity of the sound gives Reid’s work a timeless quality.

The 33-year-old – who broke through with her 2015 debut Listen to Formation, Look For the Signs, a collection of melancholic and offbeat Americana – owns these conventions thanks to her exquisite voice and deeply personal lyrics. Perhaps a little too personal; the sentiments that run through this album can be rather hard to parse, although a couple of clear themes do emerge: motherhood and moving away (she recently relocated from her native New Zealand to Manchester). If you’re able to see your own experiences reflected in Reid’s glimmering ambiguity, Enter Now Brightness will be a very reassuring companion indeed.