in isolated, existential drifters who populate gentle but incisive cuts like "Railroad Man" and "Understanding Salesmen," as well as within the crisis moments cataloged in the singalong "Hey Man (Now You're Really Living)." Whether generating string-laden instrumentals, buoyant power-pop anthems or stark ballads that ebb and flow on the first disc and peak throughout the second, Everett demonstrates disarming wit, tear-stained awareness and heavenly loser love.