RICKOLUS

“Where is everyone?” Richard Colado sings on “Candy Blood,” just before answering his own question: “I am everyone.” Sure enough, the 31-year-old Floridian is the sole force behind Rickolus; he recorded this album on a four-track recorder, working partially in the shed behind his parents’ house. There’s a handcrafted feel to these songs, and while the crud-pop nugget “Something in My Head” skews a bit too swampy, the yearning title track—U2’s “With or Without You” done in the style of Pavement or Neutral Milk Hotel—is remarkably crisp. The trip home has made Colado nostalgic, and he’s never better than on “The Inn,” his closing ode to the diner where his folks met.