Even punk rockers get their hearts broken.

At least, it seems Rancid's Tim Armstrong sure had his smashed when his wife Brody -- singer of The Distillers -- left him a while back. But in true what-doesn't-kill-me-makes-me-stronger fashion, the singer-guitarist has used his failed marriage as fuel, fodder and grist for the musical mill of Indestructible, his Bay Area outfit's defiantly titled sixth album and most personal work.

"I had a bad year, a lot to go through," the mush-mouthed Armstrong fesses up over the bouncy ska-punk of Fall Back Down. "She betrayed me." Later he puts it more emotionally: "My heart's been ripped wide open." Pretty sensitive talk from a punk icon.

Thankfully, Armstrong doesn't wallow in grief and turn Indestructible into a breakup album. Plenty of these 19 cuts foresake Armstrong's personal politics for more global concerns. The choppy rocker Out of Control rails against government oppression. The twangy Stand Your Ground salutes the homeless. The surprisingly melodic ballad Arrested in Shanghai chronicles the fate of an Asian activist. And there are plenty of hard-charging anthems to punk and touring like Memphis, Road Block and Spirit of '87. Even more satisfying, several cuts find Rancid expanding their Clashic sonic palette with some surfy guitars, plenty of organ, and even electronic backdrops that seem inspired by Armstrong's extracurricular project Transplants.

Make no mistake, though; the most memorable moments come when Armstrong pins his tattered heart to the sleeve of his leather jacket and delivers lines like, "If you lose me, you lose a good thing." Like many a dumped musician, he finds his strength in two sources: His bandmates and his music. "I'll keep listening to the great Joe Strummer," he vows on the title cut. "'Cause through music we can live forever."

Of course, some of us have to live alone.

Track Listing
1. Indestructible
2. Fall Back Down
3. Red Hot Moon
4. David Courtney
5. Start Now
6. Out of Control
7. Django
8. Arrested in Shanghai
9. Travis Bickle
10. Memphis
11. Spirit of '87
12. Ghost Band
13. Tropical London
14. Roadblock
15. Born Frustrated
16. Back Up Against the Wall
17. Ivory Coast
18. Stand Your Ground
19. Otherside