Beat Connection – “For The Record”
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Seattle’s Beat Connection released last year the sparkling, magnetic Product 3. That album is “so good” — dance music for those who don’t want to break a sweat while doing so. Building off the same effervescent groove, the electro-pop quartet return with a new one-off in celebration of their upcoming tour taking place later this month.
“For The Record” is classic Beat Connection, in that it would perfectly soundtrack a blacklight party taking place in slow-motion. The way modern bands sometimes purposefully sample a bit of vinyl hiss to impart anachronistic warmth, “For The Record” has this distinct bass rumble that mimics booming speaker rattle. Beat Connection weld clanking steel and symphonic electro-fizz into syrupy house music, and it goes down incredibly smooth. Listen below.
Tour dates:
08/12 Seattle, WA @ South Lake Union Block Party
08/13 Darrington, WA @ Summer Meltdown
08/17 Washington DC @ DC9 Nightclub
08/18 Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle
08/19 Boston, MA @ Great Scott
08/20 Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right
08/25 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue & 7th St Entry
08/27 Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen
Product 3 is out now via Anti-.