Badly Drawn, Better Sung

I recently rented About a Boy, which I had been meaning to see for a long time. It was worth the wait, as I thought it was witty, well-acted and much deeper than I expected. But one aspect of the movie that really stood out was the music. English singer/songwriter Badly Drawn Boy performed the enitre soundtrack and some of his songs are really terrific. It's hard to describe his sound- kind of Beck meets Fiona Apple meets Sgt. Pepper-era Beatles. I've read up on him a little bit and, like many talented British artists, he's been big over there for years and still waiting to blow up in the States. Since I'm too cheap to actually buy the soundtrack I downloaded a bunch of Badly Drawn Boy's songs. After a few weeks of listening I must say that I very highly recommend "Above You, Below Me" and "A Minor Incident." Two outstanding songs from curiously-named artist.