LETTING UP DESPITE GREAT FAULTS

Los Angeles' Letting Up Despite Great Faults make strummy, whispery, melancholy music with twinkling robot synths and new wave guitars. Songs from their 2009 self-titled full length can change meaning on you in an instant. Their music easily transitions from an upbeat and bouncy soundtrack befitting happy moods, to the perfect accompaniment for those dreary rainy days—it's bittersweet, but it's a feeling you'll want to experience.

ERIC RITZ