Kevin Bronson on December 11th, 2017

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From 2016 to early 2017, L.A. duo Bad Wave released a modest wave of irresistible agit-pop, a group of smart singles stickier than bubblegum left out in the sun. The duo of Tucker Tota and Patrick Hart, who work mostly via email, have been silent the the past eight or so months; maybe their internet was down, or the synths were in the shop for a tune-up. But last week they resurfaced with “Money,” a bounce-house jam musing on that root of all evil. The added sugar in this piece of pop candy are the girl-group backing vocals. Of the song, the band says: “Some relationships last forever. Most don’t. At some point you might realize the relationship only serves one particular purpose for you. Maybe you need that person for an escape, for sex, or for help fixing your computer. And then there are the people you’d never talk to if they weren’t handing you a paycheck.”

||| Stream: “Money”

||| Previously: “3AM,” “Time to Get Lost” “Extraordinary”