She & Him - Volume One

At first I wanted to listen to this because it's Zooey Deschanel's record, and they don't come much cooler than her. Then, I wanted to listen to it because I heard "Sentimental Heart" on a mix cd and it was simply great. But what's made me listen to the album over and over since I got it is the pitch-perfect invocation of 60s girl group and soul-infused pop that Deschanel and M. Ward have conjured on it, complete with the requisite country and easy listening strands - sweet and warm, and at once artful and sincere, it's a slight record but a very pleasing one, with only a couple of weak tracks which one barely notices.