Michael Katzif

Just as we hit that glorious "magic hour" where the sun begins to glow off its members' long golden hair, Bleached performs "Electric Chair" at a food-truck parking lot off a highway in Austin, Texas.

The songs of Exitmusic are so romantically rich, they could envelop a cavernous hall. Luckily, the band didn't defang its cinematic power and anguish in the intimate confines of the NPR Music offices.