Desert Hearts

Desert Hearts, a trio from Belfast, Ireland, play a brand of indie rock that is just as prone to bursts of guitar-generated noise as it is soft, quiet, melodic pop. Traces of just about any band of worth have been identified in their songs (to name a handful: Television, Joy Division, My Bloody Valentine) but when all is said and done, they sound like a band that would have toured with the likes of Versus in the mid-'90s. The band -- bassist/vocalist Roisin Stewart, drummer Chris Heaney (also an engineer for the likes of U2), and guitarist/vocalist Charley Mooney -- debuted on...