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Whether mourning lost loves with Stars or on her own, this Canadian songstress consistently stares in one direction: backward. So, while her 2006 solo debut peppered its country-ish crooning with the swooning rock of her friends in Broken Social Scene, this follow-up burrows back to a pre-indie rock period.

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In case the 2007 song title “Tits & Acid” wasn’t warning enough, Simian Mobile Disco’s second-album moniker should drive home the electro duo’s nobly sleazy goal. Regardless of which indie celeb is on the mic or which recreational drug best suits the beat, each track hints at hedonism without hangovers.

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Lead screamer Bert McCracken already called this Utah emo-metal outfit’s fourth album a concept piece about “hating yourself,” so there’s zero mystery in his snot-nosed enunciations of sorrow and bloodletting.

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If his lyrics weren’t all about loneliness, you’d mistake the strain in John McCauley’s groaned vocals as a symptom of some chronic medical issue -- constipation, perhaps.

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File these Floridians’ debut as exhibit No. 436 in the case for Animal Collective as this decade’s most influential indie band. The album’s blend of sonic gauze, earnest keening, electronic blooping, analog clatter, ethnic flavor, and nostalgic ’60s pop emits a rainbow glow that’s as comforting as it is comfortable.