Sorry Monks, aka British singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Oliver Flanagan, will formally release his next album Nowhere Man on April 1st (already fully available on Bandcamp), but first there’s this other full-length. The Flora and Fauna CD brings together the songs from the digital-only EPs The Meaning of Love, When The Movie Ends, and Flora and Fauna. These aren’t just any songs, but near-perfect gems with jangly guitars that produce a heart-on-sleeve spring sound and shimmering vocals with a pleasantly frayed edge. Rooted in the mid-60s, but via influences from acts like James and Stereophonics—my guess—landed in the here and now. Warm, melodic, and gently timeless; this kind of subtle songwriting never goes out of style.

Flora and Fauna is out now digitally and on CD via Subjangle.

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