Armed with appropriately melancholy folk tunes, Port O’Brien makes for the perfect soundtrack to your post-Valentine’s Day blues. The California quintet led by former fisherman Van Pierszalowski follows last year’s acclaimed All We Could Do Was Sing with the Winter single this week online. (It’s also available as a limited-edition seven-inch.) The first in a series of seasonal soundtracks, Winter is both nostalgic and hopeful, ringing and chilling. While a-side “The Whiskey Song” is folky and dark, b-side “Is This Really What It’s Come To” is surprisingly cheerful.
“The Whiskey Song”:
“Is This Really What It’s Come To” (download here):
