Ray LaMontagne: "You Are The Best Thing"

It's not particularly hip to dig Ray LaMontagne. His folkie blue-eyed soul is hardly revolutionary, and his grainy, worn voice is essentially a slightly heartier version of Sam Beam's. But his newest album, Gossip in the Grain, is out Oct. 16, and his new single "You Are The Best Thing" is an uncharacteristically cheerful R&B-tinged number that recalls Van Morrison more so than Iron & Wine. Give it a listen here.