Mike Doughty - Haughty Melodic

I am not expecting much from this release. It's coming out on ATO, Dave Matthew's label, home to David Gray and The North Mississippi All-Stars (also My Morning Jacket). Dave Matthews himself is on the record, singing a duet with Mike on "Tremendous Brunettes." That doesn't seem to bode well at all.

From Billboard.com:

"Doughty says he knew he wanted Matthews to appear on the album, but how to fit him in was not immediately apparent. "I've always envied hip-hop artists, because they can come in and do a verse and make a featured appearance on someone else's record," he notes. "It's difficult to do that in the context of a pop song. So I asked Dave to sing a verse of this song and just said, 'pretend you're Lil' Kim!'"

As for what else listeners can expect from "Haughty Melodic," Doughty describes the sound as "a lot like the 'Madchester' bands of the late '80s, early '90s. You ask an artist and he's going to say something completely unlike what it actually sounds like. But to me it sounds like a very American take on that sound. It's kind of dance-y. There's a lot of congas. But it's rock, you know? It's much more rock and its much more sung than Soul Coughing was."

I don't really care for the cover art.
http://stores.musictoday.com/store/bands/828/product_medium/DOCD05.jpg

Tracklist:

1. Looking at the World from the Bottom of a Well
2. Unsingable Name
3. Madeline and Nine
4. Busting Up A Starbucks
5. White Lexus
6. American Car
7. Tremendous Brunettes
8. I Hear The Bells
9. Sunken-Eyed Girl
10. Grey Ghost
11. His Truth Is Marching On
12. Your Misfortune