The Rocket Summer
Do You Feel
***1/2
Power-pop auteur Bryce Avary’s third album (out this month) reveals that his high register hasn’t deepened much, though the scope of his gleefully optimistic, eternally catchy choruses has. Global responsibility and generally making things count: If only all Texans thought like this self-made 24-year-old. –JS
With Daphne Loves Derby, Echo Screen, Camden. July 12, 6 p.m., $12-$20. Jillian’s, 759-0450.