This song is one that I just heard for the first time today and while I have listened to is a few times now and listened to a few other tracks off the album I have yet to let it fully soak in.  However, I got a good first impression so I thought I'd share it right away.  The song is "A New Life" by Jim James (frontman of My Morning Jacket and member of Monsters of Folk).  It comes from his debut solo album Regions of Light and Sound of God which was released last week.  The song starts off slow and while it is pretty, it is very simple with just his vocals and basic guitar work, really there's not much too it. But then the percussion comes in and the song takes on a quality that harkens back to the simple percussive beats and acoustic guitar driven melodies of early rock 'n' roll (the song is compared to Del Shannon's "Runaway" by Rolling Stone magazine and it certainly wouldn't have sounded terribly out of place in a late 1950s sock hop).  Bit by bit a few other instruments and effects are layered in and as the music builds James' vocals take flight.  Early rock 'n' roll inspiration is writen all over the song and I'm loving it!  But don't expect all the tracks on the album to have the same vibe because the man clearly has many inspirations and his experimentations with them are reflected in unique and interesting ways on every track that I have listened to so far.  Although it is Jim James it does not have the heavier rock orientation that comes with My Morning Jacket, it is something entirely different and entirely intriguing!