Timothy Monger is best known for his work with Michigan folk- rock group Great Lakes Myth Society, which he co-founded with his brother James. But his solo career both predates and follows his time with that band. Just prior to forming GLMS, Tim released his debut solo album, "Summer Cherry Ghosts," in 2004. The lush baroque-pop song cycle earned favorable comparisons to Elliot Smith, Electric Light Orchestra and early Bee Gees and wasreleased in Japan the following year. His new sophomore album, "The New Britton Sound," is a beautiful melding of elegant pop and lyrical folk-rock, named for the small rural town of Britton, Michigan, where the bulk of it was recorded and written. Says the All Music Guide's four-star review: "Monger finds something epic within his miniature tales of friends and foes, guitar cases, mining accidents, and happy drunks, layering in unexpected instrumentation, gently opening the songs up with sparkling guitars and keyboards, occasionally letting the tunes soar toward their conclusion on the wings of a trumpet."