I like Ezra Cohen’s Americana-pop. He makes convention work for him, with particularly effortless choruses and a kind of hazy simplicity in his lyrics. Imagine something between Alex G and Paul Westerberg, maybe? It’s good to hear someone speak plainly about how cool love can be. Interested to see what he does next. –Matt Werts (Relief Map, reliefmaprecords.com / Dead Broke, deadbrokerecords.bandcamp.com)