“Held in Splendor” may be an easy album for impatient music listeners looking for a quick fix to overlook.

After all, there isn’t much instantly flashy about the Boston-based band Quilt at first listen. The trio of Anna Fox Rochinski, Shane Butler and John Andrews play more subdued than many of their psych-leaning contemporaries.

But Quilt is like a blanket — yes, pun intended — you warm up to in time as you hear the pieces stitched together. The band is truly built around stitching the pieces together, as the best vocals are centered around harmonies.

Unlike many bands today that set aside guitars and drums to rely on synthesizers and electronics, Quilt is unashamed in the guitars and drums approach, but it still manages to sound refreshing.

There’s an undeniable 1960s vibe to the album. When Rochinski sings “I’m walking down this road alone” on “Tire Up the Tides,” she sounds a bit like a student of Janis Joplin and Grace Slick.

The album boasts a consistent, yet diverse approach. The upbeat “Saturday Bride” plays like something that should have flower power dancers shimmying on stage, but it’s followed by the equally mellow “Eye of the Pearl.”

“Mary Mountain” follows ringing guitar lines that heartkens to the days of the British invasion or surf rock from The Ventures.

The album plays like the belated love child of something from the summer of love, which is why a January release is a bit off-putting.

These are songs that beg to be listened to on summer days with sunglasses and wide open car windows. It’s not necessarily a scarf and mittens album for those of us braving a chilly Minnesota winter.