Ears Wide Open: Airlines

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Unless a band diverges onto treacherous experimental ground, there’s not a lot of soil left to be tilled in electronic indie-pop. With juggernauts like MGMT and Passion Pit having harvested their crops and myriad groups like Foster the People and the Limousines hoping their hybrids bear fruit, it’s hard to imagine there’d be room left for the likes of Airlines. That said, however, dancefloors will always need their fodder, and solid beats, hooks and melodies will get your music there. “Visions,” the new EP from the L.A. quintet, has ample supply of both. The brainchild of songwriting cousins Blake Johns (vocals/guitar) and Hayden Tobin (guitar/electronics), Airlines – which includes bassist TJ Pencille and percussionists Walker Michaels and Ron Marinelli – has only been tooting its synths for about a year. “Visions” looks like a good start.

||| Download: “Neon Moon,” or get Airlines’ “Visions” EP for name-your-price.

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