On their 3rd full-length album, The Beautiful Liar, the multi-platinum-selling alt-rock band X Ambassadors pay homage to beloved fictions of their childhood, sharing songs that tell the tale of a blind teenage girl discovering her long-dormant superpowers. It’s the latest and most ambitious outcome of the band’s hyper-creative tendencies. They have augmented the album’s storytelling component by weaving in a series of interludes between songs that propel its wildly original plot forward.