AM radio. If you’re like me and whoever wrote up the bio for Todd Fancey’s lovely band, Fancey, the phrase AM radio conjures up a very particular kind of sound—the more upbeat precursor to adult contemporary, perhaps, or maybe just a fuzzy, pop-fueled feeling of generic warmth and good times. I always think of Maria Maldaur’s “Midnight at the Oasis,” probably because of all the Time-Life Music commercials I saw as a kid for AM Gold compilations featuring the song along with 36 more of your favourite AM hits from the 70s.

Of course, one term that probably won’t come to mind when you think of AM radio is “challenging.” It’s not exactly cutting-edge music, and it’s not going to earn you any cool points. But not every piece of music has to push the boundaries; there’s still plenty of room in the world for the unassuming radio-friendly tunes Fancey specializes in. Two albums in, it’s pretty clear that Todd Fancey and company have plenty such songs in them, and less than a year after Schmancey’s release, word is that the band’s prepping a third album for this summer.

So if you’re not afraid of a little soft rock schmaltz, but don’t want the full-on Christopher Cross treatment (or the burden of explaining your “Sailing” fetish to your friends), try putting on a Fancey album on your next lazy sunny afternoon.