He’s handsome. He grew up in Hawaii. He surfed there for a long time. In the 90’s, he was the leader of a loud and abrasive band, Chokebore, becoming cult the day Kurt Cobain picked them to open for Nirvana. “How To Live On Nothing” his new solo album is a gem that summons the spells of the regretted Elliott Smith and Sparklehorse: a melancholic folk, but with rough electronic loops and sharp rhymes. You know, the type of song you feel you’ve known forever, although you hear it for the first time.

Ladies&gentlemen, introducing your new best friend, Troy Von Balthazar.