"Down the Way" by Angus and Julia Stone (2010)

Down the Way it is one of those albums that seem to be composed and played just for you, alone, as if Angus and Julia were at your place, in an improvised gathering singing some songs for you, in front of a bonfire at night time. That sort of intimacy.

The intimate feeling of the album, and the complementary voices of the Stones, is what makes it so special. Most importantly, the lyrics go from the extremely poetic, especially the magnificent For You, to those really fun and cheeky, like Big Jet Plane, just to mention two completely different songs.

The album gets down into your skin, slowly, and puts you in a special blissful trance mood. I especially like playing it at night, when the silence of the streets and the darkness of the sky are the perfect canvas for the lyric sparks of this album.

A little jewel for your ears.