Dropping a new record right in the middle of year-end list season might not be the most strategic move, but when a record is this good, it finds its way onto the wantlist sooner or later. Sweet Credibility, Crabber’s fourth, came out mid-december and feels like a band hitting a sweet spot without overthinking it.

These 13 songs breeze by and leave you wondering if Crabber have ever sounded this confident, this relaxed, or this locked in. It’s honest guitar pop and indie rock with a punch and a touch of jangle, full of charm and hooks, and—yes—cute as hell without tipping into precious. Out now on CD at Jigsaw Records.

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