Can adult-contempo pop and earnest indie-rock coexist? As unlikely as it sounds, they do on Ryan Boud’s impressive debut CD, featuring 10 songs that layer slickly meticulous orchestration under a lo-fi songster ‘tude worthy of a slot on any indie-hipster’s iPod—music for Seth and Sandy Cohen down in The O.C., essentially. Opener “The Arrival” feels show-off schizophrenic (in a good, epic way), while the title track on through to the finale favor Boud’s eclectic singer-songwriter-guitarist side over his perfectionist recording engineer side. (RyanBoud.com)