Eugene McGuinness

The North American debut of this young and gifted songwriter from Liverpool highlights his acidic sense of humor on twelve utterly charming pop tracks that skip between stylistic boundaries. The album veers from unabashed, starry-eyed romance to pre-coital forked-tongue come-ons via a sound that's cinematic yet endearingly ramshackle. These songs brim with joyous verve and unpredictability. He writes with both feet on the ground and his head far from reality, where every silver lining has a cloud and one turn of phrase can lead you down a new musical rabbit hole.