AND FOR SOMETHING UNEXPECTED

Holly Conlan: OkFrom Bird EP (2006)Anjulie: Day Will Come SoonFrom Boom EP (Hear, 2008)I can't really explain my soft spot for folk-poppy singer/songwriter stuff. My wife's theory is that I listened to too much Sarah McLachlan in my 20s but I don't really hear that connection in either Conlin or Anjulie's songs. Both do, however, remind me a little of Feist (who I like) as well as Sarah Shannon (Velocity Girl) whose 2002 album I was entirely taken with.

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