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Hovering guitars, loping bass lines, and glowing rays of violin and keyboard make this the perfect, soothing comedown companion for Goodbye Enemy Airship, not to mention a restrained piece of drone-pop in its own right.

Opening a record with an argument about Morrissey's back-catalogue might not seem like the best way to rope in listeners, but it works like a charm on this solo debut from Whiskeytown frontman Ryan Adams.