Jake Swamp and the Pine has a motto: The outdoors brought to your ears.

On the act’s debut album, “Simpson and Banks,” the songs explore rain clouds, open fields, darkness blooming to sunrise, trains and train tracks. Jake Swamp and the Pine pairs these lyrics with an Americana vibe powered by acoustic guitar and adorned with flourishes of rock and bluegrass instrumentation.

“I think this music accompanies a campfire really well,” singer-songwriter Drew Zieff told the Herald. “I love being outdoors. I was gardening this afternoon, hiking yesterday, and I love climbing and camping and I want my music to be reflective of that.”

Zieff is the entirety of Jake Swamp and the Pine. The name, not surprisingly, has roots in the natural world – the tallest tree in Massachusetts, a 163-foot white pine, is named for Mohawk statesman Jake Swamp. While Zieff will celebrate the release of “Simpson and Banks” at a June 2 show at Brighton Music Hall, his journey to his warm, meditative campfire aesthetic has been a longtime coming.

He started as a kid on piano. Then he picked up the bass guitar (because in every group of teenage musicians there are too few bassists). But as he grew up, he stripped away the big sounds – 7th grade bands playing Motley Crue at the Middle East Upstairs and college a cappella groups. What was left was a singer with an acoustic guitar and a pile of songs.

After tinkering with a duo format, Jake Swamp became centered on Zieff. With “Simpson and Banks,” it’s expanding again behind Zieff. He points to the album’s opening track, “Drive, Drive, Drive,” as a sonic mission statement.

“(Producer) Josh (Gold) had the idea of starting the song acoustic and when I sing, ‘All I gotta do is drive, drive, drive,’ the whole band kicks in,” Zieff said. “When I hear the whole band come in, I get goosebumps. And the reason I chose that as the first track is because it says, ‘Oh, here’s Drew singing with an acoustic guitar, this is Jake Swamp and the Pine.’ Then 45 seconds in we have organ and banjo and lead guitar and bass and drums. It’s the introduction of where Jake Swamp and the Pine is headed.”

Gold has done an excellent job of building up tracks – and the goosebump-inducing crescendo of “Drive, Drive, Drive” is a perfect example. But Gold, and Zieff, never lose the fire-side intimacy at the heart of the tunes. Yes, the backing band can boom. But it can also whisper – as should be expected considering the album features members of local luminaires Darlingside, Adam Ezra Group and the Wolff Sisters.

“I’ve done shows at Passim, a listening room, with just me and a piano player, so I can tell stories and done shows as a trio,” Zieff said. “I have a lot of flexibility with these songs… They all start with just me in a room in my house.”

Then he thought for a moment.

“Actually a lot of ideas might start on a trail with me finding a melody and then humming it into my phone (to record),” he continued. “But for the Brighton Music Hall shows, I’ll pull out all the stops. The band will be a five piece and I’ll bring up special guests.”

With all the help, expect the music to crescendo like darkness blooming to sunrise.

For tickets and more details, visit jakeswamp.com