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The debut CD from Los Angeles based The Western States Motel is getting more play and visitors to its MySpace page, especially after one of their songs was played on the just-cancelled TV show The OC.

Singer and songwriter Carl Jordan, who is pretty much the band himself, is now in the running to become of the best new indie singer/songwriters of late 2000's.

Almost every song on the CD is impeccably composed, the lyrics are profound and the overall mood of the album is happy.

It is one of those 'new' CDs you end up playing over and over again, that you turn up the volume on when your driving (be careful how you do that; I ended up going off a 30-foot cliff at 70 mph and I'm still here!).

Jordan's music is full of inspiration, beautifully composed, easily a modern-day pop gem reminiscent of The Magnetic Fields, Elliot Smith and The Shins.

While nearly every track on the album is worthy in its own right, the catchy, feel-good "Rows of Homes" is a wonderfully composed with memorable acoustic rhythms and vocals harmonies backed by melodic keyboard notes that soar to heights of near delirium.

Don't be surprised if it ends up on a soundtrack to a movie or soundtrack, or television commercial, sometime soon.

Other notables include "Powerlines", which automatically sounded like Matt Pond PA, which is not a bad thing at all. This is a magnificent song - Jordan's soothing voice and crisp acoustic keys are occasionally coupled with mini electric guitar solos and background hand-clapping.

The "oooh-oh-oooh" verses in the song sound exactly like the verses from The Shins fantastic song "New Slang" (featured on the Garden State soundtrack). I'm not accusing TWSM of lifting it from them, however, the similarity is striking coincidental.

The Western States Motel started out scoring soundtracks for "unmade short films...backyard nature documentaries and various VHS" shorts.

But Jordan's musical talent first got attention when he composed the score for Folsom, Cash and The Comeback, a documentary about Johnny Cash's famous 1968 live performance at the Folsom State Prison in California. The score is featured on Cash's special DVD edition of Walk The Line.

Anyone planning on taking a long road trip anytime soon may want to bring these songs along with them. We'll have a feature podcast coming out in the spring that are sounds geared for driving and taking long road trips.