Foreign Affairs – Indies Only Connections SKU: TIM132LPC1 Barcode: 0630125983331 16.00 £16.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Trouble In Mind Released Date: 15th June 2018 Buying Format: 1LP Coloured Vinyl Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Fifth album from the beloved Columbus, OH band and first for TiM, after four albums on Columbus label Anyway Records. Features former members of 84 Nash. Since 2013, Columbus, Ohio’s Connections have made four nearperfect albums of lo-fi pop majesty for the seminal Midwest label Anyway Records, and “Foreign Affairs” – their latest album (and first for Trouble In Mind), continues that winning streak with fifteen songs packed with sardonic tunefulness and Buckeye bombast, firmly planting them in the canon of the Ohio Sound. Connections sprung forth from the ashes of Nineties pop band 84 Nash, infamous for being the only non-GBV related band released on Robert Pollard’s own Rockathon Records and comparisons to the Indie Rock underdogs seem inevitable, if not a little shortsighted. Connections’ brand of indie rock definitely has one foot in The Nineties but maintains a classicist’s penchant for nuanced & timeless rock’n’roll. Many songs use classic pop structures (see “Love Me Still”s quiet/loud/quiet power ballad-isms) but subvert them with a clever melodic twist, a bonkers twinguitar solo or unexpected synth squiggle underneath. These guys have done their homework, but nothing feels studied – they’ve drunk from the waters of the Ohio Underground and the tunes flow forth naturally, with nods to their Nineties brethren (GBV, Breeders, Gaunt) as well as idiosyncratic Midwest legends like Mike Rep and The Quotas or Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments. For every obvious, life-affirming hit on ‘Foreign Affairs’ (the bouncy “Good Cop” or bombastic “Low Low Low”) there are equal numbers of stealthy earworms like the chiming “Short Line” (with it’s humming anti-chorus), or the yearning, organ-drenched “Downtown” to name a few. The sixteen songs ooze familiarity and an instant lyrical relatability, with singer Kevin Elliot’s lyrics reveling in the everyday’s little details; good friends, love and rock ‘n’ roll with restlessness and desire in a harsh, unforgiving but still beautiful world. Limited red color vinyl (TIM132LPC1) is for Indie stores only. Artist Connections Genre Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label Trouble In Mind Buying Options 1LP Coloured Vinyl Format 1LP , Coloured Vinyl Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings 1. Intro 2. Isle Insane 3. Cynthia Ann 4. Low Low Low 5. Good Cop 6. Misunderstanding 7. Short Line 8. Girls 9. Love Me Still 10. Ballad of Big 11. Something Else 12. Purely Physical 13. Dream Away 14. Downtown 15. Very Nice, Very Slow 16. 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