Jon Brion - Meaningless (2001; Power Pop, Pop Rock, Piano Rock)
This is the exact recipe that went into making this album:
2 parts Ben Folds Five
2 parts Elliott Smith
1 part Rufus Wainwright
1 part Fiona Apple
It sounds like that for a reason. Jon Brion has produced nearly all of these people. I feel like Jon Brion is the guy you never knew you knew the work of.
Anyways, interesting to see how obvious his production work is after hearing his solo stuff, which is decent, if a little whiny.