Dent May

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The ‘softest boy in Mississippi’ was discovered by Animal Collective while they were down in Oxford recording Merriweather Post Pavilion and signed him to their Paw Tracks label shortly thereafter. He’s an odd duck on their roster, sonically speaking, but I suspect they recognised a bit of their own sweetness in him. May, you see, specialises in ‘good feeling music’ that has earned him comparisons to the likes of Jens Lekman and Jonathan Richman. Back then he was crooning charmingly cheesy lounge-pop songs whilst strumming on his magnificent ukulele, but on his latest album, Do Things, he’s swapped the uke for synths, acoustic guitars and hints of psychedelia, giving his cheese a funkier flavour.