Two examples that come to me immediately are Enya and Smashing Pumpkins. If music starts feeling stale, I can put on Enya and music feels new again. It’s such a pleasant departure from the standard pop/rock/RnB etc sounds that dominate (even if I like those artists).
Anybody have their own equivalents?
I’ve listened to The Earth is Not a Cold Dead Place, too. I actually can’t remember it now because I’ve listened to so many things at this stage, but I’ve bookmarked it under my “shopping list” folder so it made a good impression. I’m halfway through Brother, Sister and there are definitely a few songs I’d like to favourite on it. It’s funny because it seems like a fairly standard rock sound at first, but there are these little details or events at times that stand out.
I’ll check out the others, you TC, TC, TC too :)