New Tune on Monday

I've been listening a lot this week to Dean Wareham's solo album. For the uninformed -- or uninitiated -- Wareham was the frontman for the much-heralded band Galaxie 500, and in the mid-90s he went on to form the late, great Luna. Musically, the solo stuff sounds a good deal like his previous work -- with thin, nasally vocals over hazy shades of the Velvet Underground. And the songwriting -- at least to my ear -- seems influenced by Frank Black. Overall, this is mature chill-out music -- sonically interesting and eminently listenable.

The track I'm most keen on is "Holding Pattern", which includes some nonsense lyrics about football scores and 70s schlock-rock bands. Enjoy!