The six hundred and twentieth album: #620 The Go-Betweens - 16 Lovers Lane
Adding a strings section to a rock band always makes the songs that use them lean towards the melancholic and here The Go-Betweens' last album of their original run has a majority of indie rock ballads, sounding contemplative as everything is kept subdued. The lyrics go from optimistic to slightly dark and sometimes stalkery, not that you'd tell from the music. It's a pretty nice setup that I ended up vibing with.