The Fat Angel Sings

With nine songs in just a little more than half an hour, Haley Bonar‘s the “Last War” merits constant replay: It’s chiming and charming enough to sneak some dynamite lines — “I wish I could date my former self / She’d be a fun girlfriend” — beneath Bonar’s stormy arrangements. The singer-songwriter’s fifth album, “Last War”, is like one of those Russian nesting dolls, as layer upon layer of ingratiating power-pop obscures thorny observations about dreams pursued, deferred and dashed.