Centered around John MacLean and Nancy Whang, the Juan MacLean were one of the first signees to Brooklyn indie dance behemoth DFA, and they remained one of the label's most consistently first-rate acts without sticking to a predictable formula. Contributing to DFA's early canon of powerful singles which blended post-punk elements with dance styles such as disco and house, the Juan MacLean successfully transitioned from club to home listening with their full-length debut Less Than Human (2005). Subsequent albums The Future Will Come (2009) and In a Dream (2014) added more synth pop to the mix, while a bevy of non-album singles contained some of the group's most propulsive club material. Following the release of several more tracks over the next years, the collection The Brighter the Light (2019) rounded up non-album singles issued by DFA.