He's my latest discovery and boy is he good! Just kidding. No, he is good, but ForeverAutumn's discovery. Or was it opt80? I don't know, but FA turned me on to his latest, which garnered top honors on her best of the year list, and I've been spinning it a few times in the last couple days and it is a good one. She'd probably give me the evil eye for saying this because I know she had a bad experience with him before, but he reminds me a bit of that other great Canadian troubadoor, Ron Sexsmith, but with maybe some Ed Harcourt (and now tentoze is giving me the evil eye) and Andrew Bird (and now audiobill is giving me the evil eye) mixed in. Really nice combo. Not quite as eclectic as Bird, nor as experimental as Harcourt when he was working with Dave Fridmann on his great debut, Here Be Monsters, but not far away either. Maybe a little like that Richard Davies Telegraph album I also love with the occasional chamber pop flourishes. Did you ever warm up to that one, FA? Lots of late period Beatlesy sound, but some roots rock too. The guy is really all over the place including some mariachi stuff on one song that sounds a bit like Calexico, but somehow it all sounds cohesive and singular.

Anyway, still got a lot of exploring to do on this one, but like it a lot already. Pretty nice recording too. Thanks Forever!