This Montreal indie-rock phenom excels at welding yearning melodies to overdriven, fuzzed-out guitars, an approach that evokes the adrenalized power pop and jagged jangle of '90s sensations like Sloan and Superdrag. But when April lays off the distortion pedal, he summons the sort of nocturnal atmosphere and slowly swelling arrangements that fuel The Walkmen's dramatic, hard-fought ascents.