Stream: Max and the Moon, ‘Modern Love’

Kevin Bronson on February 16th, 2015

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The newest single from Max and the Moon sees the SoCal quartet frolicking in familiar indie-pop territory, populated by myriad young bands bound and determined to give the world another Passion Pit whether it needs it or not. “Modern Love” is well-crafted and hooky, and it’s a meditation (a danceable one at that) on whether two people can make a true connection in an age that favors merely virtual ones. As the song suggests, “Enough of modern love / let’s go back a couple of centuries,” because there we might find something a little more real. The band — John Velasquez, Zachariah Weaver and Matt and Dillon Couchois — have two EPs to their credit, and nothing they’ve done has been anything but really catchy.

||| Stream: “Modern Love”