There’s something meditative about Grant Lindberg’s new single. “In My Own Way” is slightly droney, sounding almost like an Oasis throw-back but without the sneer. As the song builds the layers pile on but without taking away from the light and buoyant quality of the song. Things start spare, just vocals and acoustic guitar, adding drums, some whammy-barred electric guitar, and a Jon Brion keyboard wash along the way. But then in the instrumental break things suddenly go unmistakeably early 1970s Lennon-esque. The single really feels like a departure for Lindberg, seeing him step away from his usual penchant for 1990s dissonance and a more rocking wall-of-sound for a genius combination of more subtle sonic inferences. The execution also sounds effortless, like we’re floating along, nudged forward only by melody and the slow beat of the bass drum. Over on his Bandcamp site Lindberg does hint that this might amount to a sneak peak at his new LP. Or it might not. Not every one-off single he’s released there has ended up album bound. Still, given the compositional creativity of “In My Own Way,” we can only hope this is the start of something long-playing.

While you wait for a new Lindberg album you can reacquaint yourself with all the old ones here.