Bah. It’s autumn, and long gone are our memories of the few hours of sunshine we got in summer on that fateful Sunday afternoon in Stoke. Unfortunately, all the sunshine has buggered off and it’s now time for our traditional eight months of sub-zero temperatures.

How we look forward to standing in the bus stop whilst freezing our arses off and listening to old people complaining about the cold and why the number 97 bus is three minutes late. As the days get colder, darker and generally shittier, we thought that we’d best try and find some music for you that’s a little bit happier and will get you through this year’s arctic freeze. While we’d love to physically be there to warm you up with a piping mug of hot chocolate, wrap you up in the finest cashmere scarf and cover your hands from winter’s horrible cold with a pair of mittens, we can’t. It’s not really possible, and anyways we’re all probably going to hibernate through the winter.

Instead of helping you stay warm ourselves, we’ve picked an artist whose sound has a pleasant warm vibe to it anyway. This week, we turn the focus of our semi-famous MySpace Trawl feature to Manchester, where we’ve stumbled across the sounds of National Forest, aka Daniel Cowley.