Daryl Johns- S/T

Daryl Johns’ self-titled debut is a kaleidoscope of Americana nostalgia refracted through diner booths and basement jams, where euphoric melodies and “TV jingle memories” find their footing in earnest optimism. Equal parts jazz fusion, “bubblegum country,” and edge-of-night anthemics, these 14 tracks brim with the kind of unselfconscious joy that feels, in his own words, “like all icing, no cake”—decadent, sticky, and irresistible.