I can’t think of an artist I eagerly anticipate a new album from more than I do from Ray Lamontagne. He is my favourite artist of the noughties. His second album Till the Sun Turns Black is my album of the decade – and all three are must-haves.

For his new record, he has ditched long-time producer Ethan Jones and gone the self-production route, recording it over just two weeks at his farm. It still has his now-trademark, raw, rustic folk-soul-blues feel, but definitely with more of a country twang to it. His songwriting is sublime and the breathy vocals still give me goosebumps.