Body Stories

With a renegade, exploratory feel that recalls European bands like A Certain Ratio, Delta 5, and the Ex, Seattle's Shoplifting drape tightly arranged, atonal guitars and half-heard, chanted vocals over a muscular framework of percolating bass and extrovert drums. Tracks like "Syncope Riders" conjure The Pop Group, while "Male Gynecology"'s punky drive sounds like a more polished, glamorous Au Pairs.