Lightheaded‘s bright and breezy brand of indie pop captures all the things that make the genre such an enduring delight. The band’s records combine innocence and experience, balance melancholy and sweetness, draw from a set of influences ranging from the noise pop of C86 to the Baroque sounds of the mid-’60s, and ultimately come across like a warm hug from a friend when one is really needed. Their debut album, Combustible Gems, was a jangling, peppy delight, and their 2025 LP Thinking, Dreaming, Scheming! adds some upgraded production values, stretches out a bit musically, and makes good use of a coat of reverb applied in the mixing stages. The band worked on some of the songs with Gary Olson of Ladybug Transistor, and that totally makes sense…

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