French Club’s November release “Shit Talk” is a conglomerate of punk, indie, and vagabond tunes. The band was formed in Ohio at Kenyon College out of members from MA, NH, NY, CA, and Hong Kong. Geographic diversity may have had a place in the creation of the songs, which incorporate grimey riffs to dancehall pop to syncopated punk and ska influences. The 10-track album has some serious selections, like the indie pop “Hoping You Would Ask Me to Stay” but the bulk of the album errs more to the side of a dance party. Take “In the Basement”: with the hook “All the pretty boys and pretty girls are dancing in the basement” it’s not hard to imagine this song being a hit at a Berklee house party. – Hillary Anderson