I love the cd by Pale Hollow, which I think would be right in this same 
vein. Very concise songs, almost power pop, but with a certain touch of 
folk rock and psych. The singer sounds not unlike obscure 80s band The 
Steppes' guy, which gives Pale Hollow that same type of late 60s mystic 
or prog-ish vibe.  Other reference might be early Mock Turtles.

I'll second the Starling Electric recommendation. Also try the Summer 
Wardrobe album.

Rafael.

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>>Taking Fleet Foxes & The Junipers as cream, can you kind folks
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>One that's really been hitting all the right notes for me lately is Starling
>Electric's CD "Clouded Staircase". Some folk, psych, rock, quite pastoral
>and just a little prog. Nice layered vocals, lots of melody and start to
>finish one of my favorite CDs in recent memory.
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