Ratboys return with their sixth album, ‘Singin’ to an Empty Chair’, a record that turns a personal silence into a sprawling, eleven-song dialogue. Moving between twangy Americana and bubbly power-pop, the Chicago four-piece have crafted their most introspective work yet. Recorded across rural cabins and Steve Albini’s Electrical Audio, the songs feel like a carefully stitched quilt of different moods and spaces. It is a collection that finds room for both extraterrestrial guitar jams and quiet, therapy-led examinations of self, resulting in a sound that remains hopeful even when addressing the void.