I was recently introduced to Cloud Cult via The Sneeze, and I’ve fallen in love with them in a minor way. My favorite track of the most recent album* (The Meaning of 8) is probably “Take Your Medicine” or “Chain Reaction,” but they’re all pretty wonderful.
The song that made me fall in love with them, though, was “Fairy Tale” off of “The Live on the Sun.” Not just because I have a great love for all things fairy and folk tale related, but because the lyrics are clever and amuse me. I also am very fond of “Pretty (She Can Save You)” off their concept album “Who Killed Puck?”.
What I’m looking for now are some recommendations for groups similar to Cloud Cult. Some other groups that I like are The Cowboy Junkies, Rasputina**, Pretty Balanced**, Peter Salett, Heidi Talbot, and yé-yé.
I guess I would describe my taste in music as quirky. I listen to a lot of alt-country , tinkly piano + vocals (Vienna Teng, Sarah McLachlan style), and acoustic guitar + vocals.
[sub]*If you go to their Web site now, you can listen to some sample tracks on the new album via streaming audio.
**Enormous, enormous thanks to aesiron for introducing me to these bands. Really, truly. Very glad you did so, friend.[/sub]