URSA MINOR

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Give Ursa Minor some electric pianos—the featured instrument on the New York City group’s 2003 debut—and singer Michelle Casillas will bring the drama like Regina Spektor. She’s got the pipes and personality to go the quirky folk-chanteuse route, but here, as she and her bandmates trade keyboards for electric guitars, she proves she can also rock out. Opener “Lead & I Will Follow” recalls vintage R.E.M., while “Always Someone” and the reggae-tinged “No Other” find the shape-shifting Casillas playing Chrissie Hynde and Patti Smith, respectively. “Watch me, watch me, watch me,” she sings on the title cut, basking in the spotlight like it’s pure sunshine.