Photo: Dave Konopka

Despite losing unofficial frontman Tyondai Braxton, New York City’s Battles soldier on this year with Gloss Drop, a new album that contains all the thrills of their electro-rock past, but with a tinge of pop sweetness. ”Ice Cream,” the first single, features scatting vocals from Chilian/German-house producer Matias Aguayo along with a frenetically paced keyboard synth that sounds suspiciously like a Hammond B3.