Originally Posted by tonight___you

The Blue Hawaiians- Savage Nights

Surf-Noir

Much appreciated.

Portishead- I'm familiar with. The girl sounds whiny to me. I like the girl from Morcheeba...

I have a decent grasp of Trip-Hop, not great, but decent.
Honestly I was fishing for suggestions that might branch away from that genre.

Having said that, I'm definitely going to check out These New Puritans, thanks!