Andy Shauf is one of the sharpest songwriters of his generation. He possesses a novelist’s eye for detail and a painter’s sense of setting, giving his songs a depth and dimension that’s won him comparisons to Joni Mitchell, Randy Newman, and other masters of the craft. He dresses these stories up in warm tones, with pianos, guitars, and woodwinds that provide an intimate, welcoming frame. This is music you want to lean in to, songs that have, in the words of Paste, have made Shauf “one of Canada’s greatest exports.”