Menomena + Suckers + Tu Fawning

A lot of fuss has been made over the way Menomena records its albums—particularly the Portland, OR, trio’s usage of a digital looping program nicknamed the Deeler, which band member Brent Knopf invented. Such scrutiny seems fitting for a group that fusses quite a bit over its own records: Mines, released in July, followed Menomena’s Friend and Foe by more than three years, a lifetime in the indie-rock game. If you’re a fan of that whole avant–Beach Boys vibe purveyed by Panda Bear and the like, you need to check out Brooklyn’s Suckers. The quartet wows us with its tender, whimsical and subtly tripped-out folk-pop, topped off with ecstatic harmonies.