Keren Ann - Nolita CDs • Vinyl Records • LPs • Music Albums

not the carefree soft rock of your parents but a less mainstream, more urbane and moody variant. On "One Day Without," folky strum and piano tinkle combine with feedback-intensive guitars so heavy they'd peel your skin off if they were any louder. Instead they serenade like violins as Keren Ann nods off in a lover's hazy high.

Keren Ann, who divides her time between Paris and New York, has created a theme album that captures the feeling of being alone in a new town and excited about the future, but missing your old life. Her French tracks play like moody nocturnal memories, while the American ones have a sweeter -- but more vulnerable -- feeling. The more you listen, the more special it becomes.