Claude says:The Boxer Rebellion came together in London after Tennessee singer Nathan Nicholson moved there in 2000, eventually linking up with Alan McGee's Poptones label before releasing their debut album. This rarities collection gathers early strays and alternate takes—acoustic reworkings, demos from their mid-2000s rise—that show the band's brooding alternative rock in rougher, more skeletal forms. You grabbed it right when it came out in late 2012 and leaned hard into the deeper cuts, especially "Broken Glass" and "Murder Ballad," treating the B-sides like secret keys to the band's full range.