Cina Polada

This Finnish band fueled by a husband and wife team call themselves bedroom indie pop but I disagree unless the bedroom they reference is from the '80s, has room for 5 members with guitars, bass, a lot of effect pedals, drums, two keyboards plus a singer, and is covered with posters by bands like The Human League, Spandau Ballet, and Thompson Twins. Cina Polada are catchy, mild mannered synthpop (RIYL Au Revoir Simone, Saint Etienne, Lykke Li) and a debut EP is expected from them this year.

2015 Favorite : Eerie Summer

Do you like to cuddle? Do you like lo-fi, dreamy, bedroom pop? Do love female fronted C86 twee bands (think of the early days of Camera Obscura or The Concretes)? If you answer yes to any of these questions, I present to you a charming boy/girl duo called Eerie Summer.

I don't know how a band that features one member from Russia and the other from Finland came to be, but I am sure glad they did. Sometimes a little mystery is nice.