Philly via Michigan melodic punk songwriter Sam Cook-Parrott and his rotating crew of backup players in Radiator Hospital graduated from smaller scale releases to national acclaim with 2013's Something Wild. Always romantic, brazen, and crackling with a youthful hope, Cook-Parrott's songs opt for energy, fuzz, and optimism on the brilliant and more varied 2014 follow-up Torch Song, even when the subject matter is more heartbroken than hopeful. The album's 15 tracks include softhearted solo tracks as well as lightning-fast blasts of love-struck punk like "Honeymoon Phase" and "Five and Dime."