Junior Bloomsday's sound brings to mind some tasty offerings from the worlds of lo-fi guitar-pop and punk rock. Textures swirl from the electric to the acoustic and back. Seasick synths and troubled tiers of backing harmonies dissolve into a medicated haze. From his early days squeegeeing raw tracks off the chophouse floor, Bloomsday gleaned an education from masters who knew that without the perfect melody to provide breath, a great riff will suffocate and shrivel.

Junior Bloomsday on Last.fm.