“On their excellent self-titled 2004 album, the Concretes cloaked the girl-group pop of Phil Spector and Motown in the narcotic haze of the Velvet Underground and the Jesus and Mary Chain, weaving traces of country alongside their warbling horns, ecstatic strings, and droning distortion. Now here's *Layourbattleaxedown*, a surprisingly consistent B-sides and rarities disc. Opener "Forces" tips list”
