British Sea Power + A Classic Education

Among British Sea Power's affectations: performing in WWI regalia on a stage strewn with twigs and shrubbery; inscribing limited-edition singles with 1,000 different U.K. coastal features instead of numbers; bringing their own box lunches to interviews. The Brighton band tours behind its latest LP, Valhalla Dancehall, with smart songs inspired by novelists and whatnot.