“The Dogs Only Listen to Him,” the latest single from the Chicago lo-fi quintet VARSITY, unravels like a sun-drenched daydream. With a wistful lilt that evokes Camera Obscura’s Tracyanne Campbell, lead singer Stephanie Smith refuses to be wooed by a hedonistic playboy who loves “expensive meals” and “automobiles.” Instead, she playfully mocks his advances by sardonically comparing the pursuit to a dog and its master: “Take me out/Follow me home/Give me a/Thought of my own.” The track’s 1960s surf-pop melody and fuzzed-out guitars mask Smith’s irritation until a moody synth solo delivers the ultimate kiss-off. Rejection has never sounded so sweet.