Proudly lo-fi from the CD cover's ransom-note fanzine collages and manually typewritten fonts on down and checking in at barely more than half an hour, this co-ed Columbus, Ohio, trio's third album buries alternately forlorn and celebratory melodies beneath defiant reams of scratched-up murk. Sure to satiate aging indie partisans nostalgic for Swell Maps, pre-Matador Pavement and New Zealand's Flying Nun Records, the set begins with "Teen Drama" and ends with "Post Teen Drama," and only one song out of 16—the apparent protest epic "Relevant: Now"—exceeds three minutes; 10 check in under two. But most of them house indelible hooks regardless, plus drunken shoutalongs, jangling strums, Jesus and Mary Chain guitar-gunk spurts and isolated lines like "Whatchoo been doin' to my head" and "That's not the right attitude." —Chuck Eddy