Blog: Between Love & Like

M. Ward may be one of the few artists who truly understands the potential of a studio recording. Having long been regarded as something of a sonic loner – both in spite of and because of his friendship with Conor Oberst – Ward's recordings started off sounding like bedroom angst recorded through a tin can. But with 2005's Transistor Radio , the world at large began to see Ward had more to offer than his mournful crooning and virtuosic acoustic guitar picking. Finally on 2006's Post-War , Ward burst from his shell with a collection of Jim James-produced [...]