The five stages of grief are as follows: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Somehow, Fruition manages to hit every one of these on Watching It All Fall Apart , their fifth LP and self-described collection of breakup songs. From the beginning, Watching It All Fall Apart is rife with empty bottles and broken hearts. On the rocking “I’ll Never Sing Your Name” you can hear singer Jay Cobb throw his hands up in fed-up frustration when he belts: “Tragically we come to the ending/ Where do we take it to from here?/ We’re meant to be, but not to be easy/ Someday the reasons will be clear.” Sonically speaking, Watching It All Fall Apart is a departure for the Portland, Ore.-based quintet. Whereas they usually handle production and mixing in-house, this time around, they teamed up with My Morning Jacket/ The Decemberists collaborator Tucker Martine (with splendid results). You can hear Martine’s indie-rock handiwork in the lingering, layered guitars on “There She Was,” and in the psych-pop Rubber Soul sound of “Turn to Dust.” By the time that the final track “Eraser” comes around, with its ethereal country strings and reoccurring, collective voices singing “feel better,” you begin to feel better yourself. You find that acceptance you’ve been looking for all along. Watching It All Fall Apart is an experiment in catharsis. The LP’s final phrase? “Hold on brother, it’s a brand new day, let it help you heal.”