The Peacers: Blexxed Rec (2021)

One of my favorite new albums this year, the Peacers' third album sounds like a mash-up of the Beatles' White Album and Pavement's Wowee Zowee as performed by Guided by Voices' Robert Pollard. It's ragged and strange, alternatingly electric and acoustic, but ultimately tethered to infectious (if subtle) pop hooks. 

The band's Mike Donovan started out with post-punk act Sic Alps, a band I found a little too challenging and stand-offish, but the Peacers add more of a pop sensibility to the mix (wit...