The DIY underground tends to motor along self-sufficiently, reconfiguring the buzzsaw jangle of umpteen indie bands past. Every so often, though, a record triangulates the strands of punky indie, female-fronted pop and 60s songcraft so well you can’t help but lay down in front of it. From Michigan come Rebel Kind, a firm grasp on songcraft hidden under a shambolic veneer. Singing guitarist Autumn Wetli’s third album is a full band effort, full of harmonies, gnarly guitars and exasperated bittersweetness. Everything You Said Was Just a Lie is an urgent tumble, like a C86 cassette with sharpened edges, while an unexpected organ wheezes up on At the Party.
