"Play low on small kitchen radio," read the instructions inside Sportsguitar's Happy Already. Close your eyes and imagine these lovely pop songs floating in from Switzerland on a fluffy cloud of AM static, carrying the quirky guitar treatments of Roland Saum and the disembodied voice of Oliver Obert. With compellingly off-kilter tales of life and love, and lyrical phrasing that takes language to some fascinating places, you just might want to float along.

Tony Peltier