For their new LP, the soul of Thee Oh Sees dwells between 1955-1965 and honors rockabilly and Buddy Holly bop. Now a full band, they’re not as folky as before; there’s less of an embrace of the Marty Robbins 78 played at 45 rpm through two tin cans, yet the amount of fuzz and reverb slathered across these 12 tracks adopts so many early rock/Britpop elements, it’s very difficult to realize the recording is not 40 years old. It searches back and singles out a small spark in memory, and coaxes that dormant coal into a slowly illuminating combustion that returns glimmering to the forefront of the mind. So bouncy a sock-hop might erupt in your living room. - Shawn Goldberg