Essential 2006: Benjy Ferree's Leaving the Nest

I have yet to learn how to pronounce his last name. We gave many attempts and hypotheses on air last week, but that's unimportant. What *is* important is that Benjy Ferree [website / myspace] has created one of my favorite albums this year. It's one of those things I knew I was in love before I was halfway through, and the second half only reinforced my devotion. Here are just a couple tracks on it, but really, the whole thing is quite stellar:

Benjy Ferree - Private Honeymoon
Benjy Ferree - In The Countryside

Leaving the Nest was released as an EP last October and since then Domino Records came come a-knocking and expanded that into Leaving the Nest, the LP.

When Domino representatives called Ferree one morning to tell him that they loved his album, "Leaving the Nest," and were interested in offering him a deal, he hung up on them, thinking it was friends playing a joke. Thankfully, Domino called back. [Wash Post]

So give a listen, and if you like it, the album comes out November 7th. He'll be here for CMJ too on November 2nd.