Cass McCombs (born November 13, 1977) is an American musician. He received critical acclaim for his 2003 album A and his album Dropping the Writ was named one of Amazon.com's Best of 2007. McCombs toured with Modest Mouse in 2005 before moving to Los Angeles to work on his third full-length, Dropping the Writ. He appeared on the WB's "Rockville, CA" on May 12, 2009.