From time to time, the guy behind Catbird Records posts to a forum I’m on about the latest release from his label. Catbird Records puts out mostly limited-edition versions of albums, and his work is always fun to look at because he goes completely wild with the packaging—hand-painted this and origami that and all sorts of fun stuff. Unfortunately, their latest release, a hand-painted edition of Prairie Cat’s Attacks!, is sold out of its 100-copy run, but luckily you can still grab a copy of the still-very-lovely album via Fuzzy Logic Recordings and, if you’re in a large Canadian city, probably in one of your local record stores. And if you’re a fan of charming, low-key bedroom pop, you really should find yourself a copy.

Prairie Cat is Cary Pratt (yes, I’m pretty sure that rhymes), a man in Vancouver who played pretty much all the instruments on Attacks! Cute titles like “It’s Good to Be You” and “Grumpy Forever” telegraph the sort of lazy-afternoon analog keyboard antics you’ll find in abundance on the disc, though a lovely trumpet adds that extra touch of class to the proceedings on “Grumpy Forever.” In fact, it’s that trumpet that sold me on that album, but after listening to the album it’s clear any of the tracks could’ve sucked me in. The jaunty ringaling of “It’s Good to Be You,” the warm sounds of “Better Friends Than Lovers” and the piano rock of “Payin’ the Rent” are just as infectious, if not more so. If there’s a problem with the album, it’s that it’s too damned short—18 minutes over seven tracks just doesn’t seem like enough time to get to know Prairie Cat. Here’s hoping we hear more soon.