Staff pick of the week...
This week...Angie picks it!

Artist: Easterly Title: S/T Price: $12.75 CD	Tracks on this CD:
	Lover Is Fine
	Blister
	Wicked Conversation
	Getting Back Together
	The River
	One Of These Days
	Happiness
	Only So Much
	If You Knew
	Blame Cupid

"Breathtaking debut from Easterly, a collection of lush predominately acoustic, rootsy pop songs, filled with layered, soothing, evocative vocals, dramatic arrangements and textural studies, bolstered by incredible songwriting skills".

I met Noah Hall (singer/guitar) three years ago when he was a music buyer at one of the stores I sell to…little did I know when I first met him that he was pumping out amazing pop songs…what a talent!! I've had copies of these songs through their many stages of recording, and they have arrived at pop perfection. I feel a lyrical and vocal familiarity to Pedro the Lion, Elliott Smith, Joe Pernice, and John Cunningham combined with the poppy and jangly guitar sounds of your favorite power pop bands…blended with some really nice atmosphere…you must hear it to believe it!!!

Oh, and when Noah was trying to find a name for the band….well…(I copied this from their site)…

"The Story of Easterly…Angie said she always liked the sound of directional names like the ones espoused by meteorologists to describe weather patterns. Being from the West Coast, we figured we’d get farther if we were called “Easterly.” That, and we feared that “Noah Hall & Oats” might bring lawsuits. Are we predictable like the weather? Weather junkies watch weather – Music fans make music. That’s how it started. Hopefully Easterly can’t be compartmentalized by full color graphics on the back of USA Today, but, if we can, hopefully the weather girl is pretty. "

… see…I named them!!! :)