Pwrfl Power is the fey cloak of Kazutaka Nomura, a classically trained, Japanese-born musician based out of Seattle. His self-titled debut is built on winsome acoustic fingerpicking and self-consciously cheeky lyrics about Internet dating, turning 22, and teaching a girlfriend to use chopsticks. It presents a placid surface, for sure, but Nomura has a way of sneaking unexpected melodic shifts and disarming vocal phrasings into the mix. It's still unclear exactly what he's up to with Pwrfl Power — although the fact that his previous project was a noisy free-jazz trio makes his interest in airy pop all the more intriguing.