Mellotronists

First off--it's the latest from North Mississippi All-Stars. Music 
overall in kind of a sou-fried/Capricorn Records vein with a little 
Bare Jr. and O.A.R. thrown in, but a couple tracks featuring nice 
(confirmed) Mellotron strings. Hey, it works--after all, Lynyrd 
Skynyrd did it...

And some nice icey strings appear on a three-song E.P. from Azure 
Ray titled "The Drinks We Drank Last Night" (Saddle Creek Records 
LBJ-55) (unconfirmed; USA release) with enough drama and beauty to 
segue nicely between Slowdive's "Losing My Religion" and 
KC's "Prince Rupert Awakes".