It’s another release from the Brooklyn psych-pop quintet, Crystal Stilts! Following six months after their second full-length, In Love With Oblivion, the Stilts beam out the Radiant Door EP. The band’s been around since 2003, only releasing their first full length in 2008 after a slew of EPs and singles. Kickin’ things off with the buoyant rocker “Dark Eyes,” Crystal Stilts set the tone for a hazy summer soundtrack, conjuring up nostalgia for The Doors and the Velvet Underground. This terse five song disc thumps along at a lively pace with its dreamy title track only to lay down a cool Lee Hazlewood cover, “Still As the Night.” Its bodacious bluesiness makes the song perfect for late night roaming or cruisin’ – sounds like it should be in a Tarantino film! Next up, the Stilts cover the Blue Orchids with “Low Profile” before gracefully closing things up with the album’s longest track, “Frost Inside the Asylum,” which is near six minutes in length. Brad Hargett sings with a baritone similar to Calvin Johnson or Ian Curtis, only more laid back, while the rest of music only pokes at Beat Happening poppiness and Joy Division gloom. Awfully pleasant little platter – and boy, what a year for Crystal Stilts! (Sacred Bones Records, sacredbonesrecords.com) Cole Snyder