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Connections
12+ albums
hardcoreindie rockyouth crewHip-Hophardcore punk
about
Walking a tightrope between post-punk and indie pop, Connections are a band from Ohio whose music is lean, scrappy, and full of energy, with plentiful guitars and abundant melodic hooks. The group continued a long lineage of heavy-hearted Midwestern indie rock, evoking the best elements of bands like Gaunt, Guided by Voices, and My Dad Is Dead while putting their own spin on the sound with records like 2023's Cool Change. Connections were founded in 2010 by vocalist Kevin Elliott and guitarist and principal songwriter Andy Hempel. Elliott and Hempel were high school friends who began writing and recording songs together in their mid-teens, growing up in the suburbs of Dayton, Ohio. Elliott and Hempel were founding members of the band 84 Nash, who won a valuable ally in fellow Dayton resident Robert Pollard, who released two of their albums (1997's Kings of Yeah and 1999's Band for Hire) on his Rockathon Records label and hired them as an opening act for his band Guided by Voices. After the breakup of 84 Nash, Elliott and Hempel continued to make music together after relocating to Columbus, Ohio, and they originally intended to form a duo called Gold Circle. It didn't take long for them to realize that their songs worked best with a full band, and they soon recruited three additional members. Drummer Adam Elliott was a veteran of noisy indie rock combo Times New Viking, and was also Kevin's brother. Bassist Phillip Kim had previously collaborated with Kevin and worked with t
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