When you hear the pure pop bliss of ‘Foolin’, the first single from All These Dreams, the vocal tics of Roy Orbison and the production tricks of Phil Spector are probably the first things that come to mind.  Once you’ve stopped hitting repeat on that track and take in the whole album it’s clear that Andrew Combs in fact belongs to a much more contemporary, if rare, breed of singer-songwriter.  He shares his careful songcraft with the likes of David Mead, Justin Rutledge and Joe Firstman; artists whose pursuit of the perfect song seems so immersive that none of the fashion and trends of the last forty years can ever be the slightest bit relevant.