2xLP OPAQUE GOLD VINYL

Rilo Kiley quietly unraveled, leaving behind a fair amount of unfinished business, much of which is rounded up on 2013's Rkives. Released six years after the slick splash of their major-label debut Under the Blacklight, Rkives rounds up existing rarities -- several B-sides and demos -- and six unheard songs, plus a remix featuring Too $hort. That is the most radical shift in sound on Rkives, but there are hints of the glitzy bombast of Blacklight scattered throughout the collection, particularly on the giddy Motown bounce of "I Remember You" and streamlined pop pulse of "Emotional," but most of this is firmly within Rilo Kiley's wheelhouse of moody, indie-stylized country-rock. Some of this is distinguished by dramatic tension ("It'll Get You There"), some is nicely sculpted songwriting ("All the Drugs"), and even if the whole thing is a bit messy, it winds up being a nice reminder of all of Rilo Kiley's attributes.

A1        Let Me Back In
A2        It'll Get You There
A3        Runnin' Around
A4        All The Drugs
A5        Bury, Bury, Bury Another
B1        Well, You Left
B2        Draggin' Around
B3        I Remember You
B4        Dejalo (Zondo Remix)
C1        A Town Called Luckey
C2        Emotional
C3        American Wife
C4        Patiently
D1        Rest Of My Life (Demo)
D2        About The Moon
D3        The Frug
D4        Untitled