Right from the opening keyboard notes of High Beams I knew that this was my favourite song of what their label Slumberland calls The Laughing Chimes’ “sophomore album” (I had to check the US educational system to confirm that does indeed mean second). The Ohio band borrows heavily from decades of American jangle pop history, as well as from 1980s British indiepop (on this song in particular) and all the great things Flying Nun released in New Zealand. In a time where libraries are under a lot of pressure, I’d say: keep borrowing. And keep jangling too.