Blue October. Though I've been a long time fan, recently I've been listening almost exclusively to their stuff. I love that their songs vary wildly from the darkly depressing to uplifting. I don't think I've ever connected with the lyrics of any band as often as I do with the songs from this band.
Script Of The Bridge by The Chameleons. Really an interesting album, in a lot of ways it reminds me of Tears For Fears' The Hurting, especially in terms of the mood of a lot of the songs and sort of story telling quality of the lyrics.