Check out these guys from NYC named Soft Black. They're cool in that way that most folks try to emulate, but can't because the vital essence of it is something so deeply ingrained in the individual that any attempts to analyze it only scrape the most superficial elements of what this elusive coolness actually is...
Listen at home.
I get the impression that the primary songwriter, Vincent Cacchione, has been doing exactly this for years and is only just now starting to really make a living. This is the kind of stuff that people make when they've been living in their mom's basement experimenting with drugs and ardently eschewing trends, until one day they are satisfied with that they are doing, and it turns out that what they were focused on all along is actually sort of cool in a fringe way—like making psychedelic folk-rock (a term which pains me just a little to even type, because these songs rock too hard to be folk, but are too damn groovy (and lyrical) to be full-fledged rock and roll).
The album, The Earth is Black drops in July on Plays With Dolls Records. The tour isn't coming anywhere near the South, so I don't give a damn about it, and you'll have to find out for yourself if they're coming to your town. If you live in Illinois, there's a good chance you can see this live...
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