Very much in the Damien Rice/James Blunt/etc. arena. But all slow, all sad, all depressing.

The album gets to be a bit of a drag if you listen to it all in one go. In the same way that other albums (say, Kaiser Chiefs) can be a little too “one note” on the upside, this album is a little too much on the downside. Whereas say Damien Rice or James Blunt do have some songs that are at least at different tempos, if not in slightly better moods.

That said, I loveloveloveLOVE the first two songs: “Hoquiam” and “Denton, TX”. I have listened to the two of them back to back approximately 57 times in the past two days. Sad, so sad. But so pretty!