Kevin Bronson on March 3rd, 2014

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We have no idea whether Glasvegas’ erratic career arc speaks to the short shelf life of nu-gazers (see also: The Big Pink) or the perils of changing geography. The Scottish outfit helmed by singer-songwriter-producer James Allan arrived in 2008 with a Mercury Music Prize-nominated debut and a couple emotionally devastating singles, “Geraldine” and “Daddy’s Gone.” The band decamped to Santa Monica, of all places, to make their less memorable and hard-to-type sophomore effort, “EUPHORIC /// HEARTBREAK ,” which caused nary a ripple in the U.S. but reached No. 1 in Sweden. Their third album “Later … When the TV Turns to Static” (remember those days?) goes for the same cathartic jugular, a seemingly all-consuming melancholy wrapped up in noisy, arching anthems. Allan is nothing if not convincing – and, hey, Willam Shatner is fan (see below).

||| Live: Glasvegas play It’s a School Night at Bardot tonight and the Echo on Tuesday.

Previously: L.A. debut in 2009, “It’s My Own Cheating Heart”

||| Also: After the jump, check out the video for “If,” featuring William Shatner: