Quarters for the Jukebox

The Constantines produce a range of sounds on their fourth full length album, Kensington Heights. The group’s vocals are gravelly, but later soften to a tender tone in the album. The instrumentation is a hybrid rock—with hints of backcountry, traditional, dub-punk, blues and experimental. The first single, “Hard Feelings,” probably isn’t the most accessible track available, but the album offers a surprising range of sounds within its rock confines. Speaking of accessible, this album is definitely not as hard as their previous Shine a Light album, but nonetheless, is full of solid songs. Check for yourself.

Quarters for the songs: Do What You Can Do; Hard Feelings; I Will Not Sing a Song; Life or Death; New King; Our Age; Time Can Be Overcome.

Worth listening, if you like: Dinosaur Jr.; Klaxons; The Dears; Spoon; The Arcade Fire; The Walkmen; TV on the Radio; Modest Mouse; Built to Spill; Bruce Springsteen.