Walking a tightrope between post-punk and indie pop, Connections are a band from Ohio whose music is lean, scrappy, and full of energy, with plentiful guitars along with abundant melodic hooks. The group continued a long lineage of heavy-hearted Midwestern indie rock, evoking the best elements of bands like Gaunt, Guided by Voices, and My Dad Is Dead while putting their own spin on the sound on records like 2023's Cool Change.