On the first taste of the follow-up to 2009's meticulously gorgeous Veckatimest, the Jay-Z-approved indie band sends a bolt of electric guitar cutting through a summer storm of synths and unsettled percussion. "I can't help myself," sings Daniel Rossen, the higher-pitched songwriting yin to founder Ed Droste's yang, before a ravishing, fingerpicked acoustic breakdown settles in. What's he going on about? Bet you won’t mind listening 10 more times to figure it out.

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“Tonight's the Night”

The lead cut and title track from this girl group's debut album, "Tonight's the Night" was written by 19-year-old bandmember Shirley Owens, who sings lead, and producer Luther Dixon. The band from Passaic, New Jersey met in high school, first calling themselves the Pequellos. The song's frank thoughts about sexual and emotional surrender was racy for the time, but that didn't stop the Chiffons from cutting a similar version immediately after the original came out. "We were the first female group to write some of our own material," band member Beverly Lee recalls. "We did have some say-so in our writing."