Best Rock Album

Longtime-MVP Middle Tennessee singer-guitarist Beth Cameron is best known for her band Forget Cassettes, but that might change in the wake of Black Bra. The eponymous LP is the debut release from a new group of first-rate local players who Cameron hand-picked to call some demons into the light. The album is a full-throated assault on personal traumas and the broader social ills they intersect with. It’s made up of long, winding trips into the deep dark, recalling the ingenuity of Kate Bush and the ferocity of PJ Harvey. STEPHEN TRAGESER