Papercuts - Mockingbird (2004)

Downcast indie pop from SF songwriter Jason Quever. Gauzy, organ-heavy melancholy with sleepy vocals and a 60s-referencing aesthetic. The kind of earnest, un-self-conscious record that really makes me miss the pre-social media days of the early aughts indie boom.

Track listing:

1. Mockingbird

2. Poor and Free

3. A Fairy Tale

4. My Ivory Tower

5. Pan American Blues Pt. 2

6. Tulips

7. December Morning

8. Oh Nobody's Son

9. Judy

10. Well I Don't

For every kingdom down

Another builds again

They make their maker sigh

And never wonder why

More sad indie folks:

Camera Obscura - Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi (2001)

Thee More Shallows - More Deep Cuts (2004)