It‘s a crazy-good story. The Eli Young Band—four musicians who met during their college days in Texas—is now 11 years into a career built on touring without a single lineupchange. That dedication is paying off big-time as the band enjoys a crazy new level of success. They sell a crazy amount of tickets. Get a crazy amount of airplay. And are selling a crazy amount of downloads—EYB is on the verge of its first single for the aptly named ?Crazy Girl.

But as strong a reception as Crazy Girl has received, it‘s merely an introduction to an album long on ingratiating melodies, magnetic hooks and subtly provocative storylines. Even If It Breaks Your Heart kicks it off with a breezy Petty feel, and the project runs through the punchy Every Other Memory, the optimistic crunch of Recover, the introspective ballad My Old Man‘s Son and the gritty Skeletons.