This second album from New Yorker Mike Bones is about, in his own words, “beautiful women and existential despair.” Bones’ name might not be familiar to many people outside the insular Brooklyn music scene, but the folks that make up that crowd (and are tangentially related to it) sure have a lot of time for Bones. Matt Sweeney, the Sian Alice Group and Douglas Armour all crop up as guests on this nine-song recording, which is full of robust rock anthems that are occasionally bolstered by string and horn arrangements.