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Vetiver: Everyday (MP3)

2:59 p.m. · January 14, 2009 · by Matthew Fiander

Over the year's Vetiver's folk sound has moved by degrees toward something more accessible. And after their breezy covers album, Things From the Past, the first track from their forthcoming Sub Pop debut, Tight Knit, is downright poppy. "Everyday" is all sun-drenched bliss as Andy Cabic pines over someone that isn't there. Charming lines like "I always seem to make something out of nothing, but I can't make you appear" show a change in Cabic's approach. Where before this song might have been all heartache, there is more than a little hope infused into the song. It's certainly the most inviting sound we've heard from the band, and by embracing their pop sensibilities without losing their organic sound, Vetiver sound poised to break out with Tight Knit. If they've got Sub Pop behind them, and more great songs like this on the album, it's almost assured.