The Divine Comedy

[purlieu]

Absolutely adore them/him.
Promenade is the obvious place to start, although I'd also try Casanova for the more 'playful' side of his music. To be fair, they're all brilliant in their own way... except maybe Regeneration, which Nigel Godrich managed to make sound like a bad cross between Travis and Radiohead. But yeah. The other six are essential.