Given the attention to detail and offhand scruffy polish at play, it makes perfect sense to learn that Floating Action is more a man than a band, one Seth Kauffman. Labelmates (and last year's best-in-shop bronzers) Dr. Dog have his back, glowingly referring to this self-titled debut as an "utter classic", and I wouldn't refute it in the least, especially if you happen to've already been taken by groups like The Bees or Dr. Dog themselves, bands that can't help but mix rock with tasteful touches of soul, country and even reggae (the LP version of this comes with a bonus dub EP, seen?). Like Bon Iver before him, Kauffman's lone-wolf production touch is as personal and distinctive as his songwriting, and could well make him much better known in the months ahead.