Slaid Cleaves

This week's NMM is Slaid Cleaves. He is kind of like an upbeat, male version of Mary Gauthier, who is a favorite singer of mine. He grew up in Maine, but now makes a home in Texas, bless his soul. His most recent album came out in 2009 and you can hear several tracks off of it on his website or on his admittedly unmaintained myspace page. The best song in my opinion is Cry-- check it out and tell me what you think, ok? Regardless, you have to admit this is a gorgeous album cover.