Miss Emily Brown - (2008) Part of You Pours into Me

sound: Indie/Folk
length: 12 songs, 40. 6 minutes
www.myspace.com/missemilybrown
01 Sleeping Lions
02 Spindrift
03 Recovery
04 What Sort of Bird Are You
05 All My Heroes
06 Heirloom Interlude
07 Moose Along the Tree Line
08 She´s a Ghost in the House
09 My Friend
10 Sadswan Interlude
11 Love Don´t Come Cheap
12 Alpaca Antique Robbery

Find yourself longing for the harpsichord, light guitars, xylophone, and the gentle croons of a female singer??
Me either, however if any of those words put you off, you might be surprised to find yourself enjoying this record. Another really light and easy album to listen to, love the jazzy feel of What Sort of Bird Are You. Just a genuine collection of very live off the cuff feeling tracks, from a very sincere and intelligent young artist. enjoy.

sounds like: Alessi's Ark, Chet, Blind Pilot

bump.

Fleet Foxes - (2008) Fleet Foxes

sound: Indie/Folk
length: 39.16 minutes
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1. "Sun It Rises" – 3:11
2. "White Winter Hymnal" – 2:27
3. "Ragged Wood" – 5:07
4. "Tiger Mountain Peasant Song" – 3:28
5. "Quiet Houses" – 3:32
6. "He Doesn't Know Why" – 3:20
7. "Heard Them Stirring" – 3:02
8. "Your Protector" – 4:09
9. "Meadowlarks" – 3:11
10. "Blue Ridge Mountains" – 4:25
11. "Oliver James" – 3:23

Super chill, and very folky. Don't kid yourself if you don't need something like this to listen to and take it easy every now again, then you need to see your therapist less. The song Tiger Mountain Peasant Song, is one of the most beautiful I have ever heard.

sounds like: early The Arcade Fire, Blind Pilot, Alessi's Ark, Neutral Milk Hotel

Woosh.

Adele - (2008) 19

sound: Jazz
Length: 12 songs, 43.33 minutes
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1 "Daydreamer" – 3:41
2 "Best for Last" – 4:19
3 "Chasing Pavements" – 3:31
4 "Cold Shoulder" – 3:12
5 "Crazy for You" – 3:28
6 "Melt My Heart to Stone" – 3:24
7 "First Love" – 3:10
8 "Right as Rain" – 3:17
9 "Make You Feel My Love" – 3:32
10 "My Same" – 3:16
11 "Tired" – 4:19
12 "Hometown Glory" – 4:31

I am not usually comfortable plugging anything that gets play on Vh1 after an Eagle Eye Cherry video, however... this album is great. For people who were pleasantly surprised to find themselves enjoying Amy Winehouse's album despite her being an alien, you will enjoy this.
I'll tell you what though, this broad has pipes.

sounds like: (genre wise) Amy Winehouse, Norah Jones, Aretha Franklin?, maybe Barbara Lewis
(talent wise) Denali, Ambulette, Brandi Carlile, Miss Emily Brown, Alessi's Ark

Gwarr!