CONNECTIONS - Foreign Affairs LP ska ” Lee) and the brutal-yet-controlled

” Lee) and the brutal-yet-controlled  metronomic drumming of Jim Sclavunos

A deep form of elementalism

and plain honest-to-goodness rock

24 pages documenting the creeping existential dread of the hard rock underground are tucked into the gatefold pocket alongside two dead dinosaur-heavy LPs

generating inspired and beautiful music almost on instinct

CONNECTIONS - Foreign Affairs LP ska ” Lee) and the brutal-yet-controlledNicely priced. One copy only. Trouble in Mind welcomes Columbus, Ohio indie rock quintet Connections (former members of 84 Nash) with their fifth record Foreign Affairs. The album is decidedly pleasanter and more interesting than the sequence of words Connections Foreign Affairs might suggest. Right down to the mucky late 1980s style cover art, its a charming, lo fi DIY affair.