In Brief

* * 1/2 Eleventh Dream Day, “El Moodio,” Atlantic. Guitarist Rick Rizzo offers some convincing details of turbulent relationships and fading ideals here, but at times his songs outdistance this Chicago foursome’s guitar-dominated approach. Rizzo is the band’s premier songwriter, but when drummer and spouse Janet Beveridge Bean joins him on writing and vocals, an emotional depth evolves that recalls X’s more-tempered work from the latter ‘80s.

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