Stream: New albums from Rosie Tucker, Glaare and Grave Flowers Bongo Band

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From left: Rosie Tucker (by May Daniels); Glaare; Grave Flowers Bongo Band

Catching up with album releases from Rosie Tucker, Glaare and the Grave Flowers Bongo Band …

ROSIE TUCKER, “Sucker Supreme”

If “Arrow” or “Brand New Beast don’t hit you, then “Barbara Ann” will make you swoon, or “Habanero” will get you hot, and if they don’t move you, stuff thyself with “Ambrosia,” … “dish of the gods,” as Tucker sings on an album which is pretty close to that itself. Tucker’s third album (and first for Epitaph Records) is force-of-personality meets biting indie-rock on an emotional roller-coaster surrounded by dogs, car crashes, blue-eyed Saviors and (just) desserts. It’s like bingeing, only better.

GLAARE, “Your Hellbound Heart”

The sophomore album from the darkwave quartet of Rachael Pierce, Brandon Pierce, Rex Elle and Marisa Prietto shapes sounds from the corners of the ’80s into compelling soundscapes, alternately dreamy/haunting and menacing/stormy. Early singles “Young Hell” and “Divine Excess” (which features Ross Farrar of Ceremony) set the table. Recommended for wearing black while drenched in magenta light and listening on pink vinyl.

GRAVE FLOWERS BONGO BAND, “Strength of Spring”

Like the music of its obvious ’60s forebears, the second album from psych-rock warriors Grave Flowers Bongo Band (produced by Ty Segall) makes a mission of taking listeners down a rabbit hole. It might, but despite the presence of a lot of technical pyrotechnics, there’s never a huge payoff. The album is out on Castle Face Records for all your hallucinating-in-black-light needs.