Jolie Holland - Springtime Can Kill You

Wicked album name, to start with, and seasonally apposite (although not yet particularly this year, happily). Springtime Can Kill You is a modest-seeming record but a real grower; a deliciously warm folk-soul-country-am radio pop hybrid, Holland's pleasantly scratchy voice complements the transistor radio feel of the music, all smooth flows and gentle swells...and when I listen to it attentively, it leaves me with a small lump in my throat. A grower, and a keeper.