Prior to launching Cotton Jones (initially called the Cotton Jones Basket Ride), frontman Michael Nau led the Baltimore, Md., band Page France through three albums of folksy indie-pop. In Cotton Jones, Nau and fellow Page France alum Whitney McGraw pursue even dreamier sounds, weaving elements of folk, jazz and country into a woozily melodic quilt of Americana with psychedelic sensibilities. Cotton Jones’ full-length debut, Paranoid Cocoon, released in January, is a quiet storm of a record full of gorgeous, harmony-laden songs like “Gotta Cheer Up” that linger in the air like hazy, sweetly scented smoke long after they’re over.

COMMENTS