Tom Pieciak is a songwriter propelled forward by the concept of home. Finding one, leaving one, building one from scratch. All In Motion, the debut from his atmospheric indie folk ensemble Sleeping Trees, is an album unafraid to show its roots while also bending skyward in search of newness. At the end of the day it’s a coming of age story, and those always need a central figure. On All In Motion that center is Pieciak.

A mild-mannered, old soul Marylander plunked into Southern Indiana for a Jazz Trumpet degree, Pieciak found unlikely allies on the fringes academia and within the townie-packed small community of Bloomington, cutting his teeth with strangers and acquaintances alike in a weekly country music pick-up band at well known basement bar The Blockhouse.

The first year of Sleeping Trees, captured in peak form on All In Motion, represents a fully formed crew: Trevor Webb (guitar, voice), Nadia Reist (keys, bass, trumpet, voice), Brendan Keller-Tuberg (bass, vocals, keys), Chuck Roldan (drums), and Peter Doyle (pedal steel, guitar). Musically characterized with elements of folk, rock, country, and improvised music, Sleeping Trees produces a eclectic sound elevated by Pieciak’s fluid arrangements and poignant lyricism.

The group is a seemingly unlikely mix of high-art players, indie rockers, and honky tonk shit kickers—an honest representation of what Bloomington, Indiana has to offer. This, of course, is all under the umbrella of Pieciak’s ability to organize and wield their disparate talents. The album itself reflects that swirl of seeming stylistic contradiction, and Pieciak’s material is all the better for it.