Memory Map, "Holiday Band"

In a nutshell: Bloomington-based indie rock super group -- fluent in tricky guitar patterns and buoyant jams -- leaps directly to the top of the heap of Hoosier bands.

Fan finder: The helium-tinged traits of Mike Dixon's voice are reminiscent of Modest Mouse's Isaak Brock and Built to Spill's Doug Martsch. Before Memory Map's formation in 2010, Dixon played guitar in Rapider Than Horsepower and Prayer Breakfast. Guitarist Matt Tobey has toured and recorded with Kimya Dawson, and guitarist Mike Bridavsky owns Russian Recording studio in Bloomington.

Connecting threads: As an album title, "Holiday Band" hints at pleasant weather and leisure activities. Memory Map has crafted a fine soundtrack for summer, but listen closely for an undercurrent of bummer. "Summer stuck its fingers in my nose," Dixon sings on "Prophet's Mouth." The songs "Sunburnt and Blown" and "House Sitting" express regret at missing good times as they supposedly happen all around.

That's a keeper: "Hibernation," which sketches a plan for cold and lonely months, represents a pop explosion from the guitars of Dixon, Tobey and Bridavsky and drummer Josh Morrow. Amid "Hibernation's" buzzy melody, an exit chorus of "I like that, I like that, I like that," says what you'll be thinking.

Selling points: Although just two of 11 tracks on "Holiday Band" reach the 3-minute mark, arrangements are dense enough to leave listeners fulfilled. "Park Bench" may be the best parlor trick of the bunch, piling rapid-fire vocals in a context of New Wave colliding with ska.

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