New blog and M Ward

Every so often I find a new artist who really resonates with me. This time it happens to be M Ward. I was aware of him before as a member of She and Him with Zooey Deschannel. I remember seeing them on Austin City Limits and thinking they were okay but not that great. I came across him this time on TheGearPage in a thread discussing "Surf Guitar Thats Not Surf Music". Someone had included a link to a song from his Post-War CD, Eyes on the Prize:

This does indeed feature a reverby clean Strat sound reminiscent of Surf music but a laidback track. I've been listening to a bunch more of his stuff and I love the vibe.