It's been a while since we've seen the Vera Violets, a popular Tampa band known for dark, fuzzy but always beautiful music. Their eight albums harken back to the glory days of '80s goth and early '90s shoegaze, they've been compared to everyone to the Jesus and Mary Chain to Sonic Youth. Their new album In Between Fires is an inventive, catchy blend of Stone Roses-style trip-rock and Interpol-style gloom-rock. It's a contender for one of the best local albums of the year.