Leaves of Green - Manhattan Ave. (download)

Okay, I’m going to be completely honest with you: I decided earlier that I wanted to get back into this music blog thing. That was about two and a half hours ago. Since then, I’ve been neurotically obsessing over what song to post, as if it’s an enormously important, life-altering decision.

And it was totally worth it. During my episode, I stumbled across an old bookmark that led tangentially to Leaves of Green, a 20-year-old NYU student who makes beautifully haunting music with guitars, ukuleles, and a voice reminiscent of Peter Silberman, Justin Vernon, or maybe Elliott Smith. I’m going to stop making comparisons now and just tell you to go download his debut album, Imago, for free(!) on Bandcamp.