James Mercer and The Shins. A 2001 album which is a perfect soundtrack to it bucketing with rain outside my office while I try to convince myself that we are now technically in astronomical Spring.

This had to be added to the vinyl library as it’s just perfect. Mercer has a voice somewhere between Brian Wilson and Colin Blunstone. The songwriting is some of the best melodic lines and harmonies of the early 2000’s