Connections - Mall Lights

Here's a fuzzy/dream/pop/rock thing. I really like this sort of dirty pop, even if it is not nothing too new and unheard of.

The collection Year One spans Connections' past year in songmaking and it has its ups and downs in song quality. Mall Lights is of course one of the good ones but there is bit of filler here and there (such as the song Casuals), naturally skippable songs. Surely not everything has to be great but more often than not bands will add a bit of stale content to make ends meet; for me, I'd rather have a short, good album than an artificially long album.

All in all though it's still a good listen. Check out the full stream at stereogum, the link is in the Now Streaming tab at The Brainlesser homepage. Alternatively you can work your computer magic and head to the bandcamp itself, but the stereogum short piece on the band is enlightening so I recommend you take the long route.