Artist The Golden Bubbles

Feeling blue? One foot in the tub and one hand on the toaster, just daring yourself to let go? Well then, it’s clear you’re in need of a pretty massive dose of The Golden Bubbles. This brick-of-sunshine indie-pop three-piece—hailing from Wells, Minnesota, which is apparently the happiest place on Earth—is so unapologetically bubblegum that you can’t help but smile. Most important, the music is well put together, with a tongue-in-cheek sincerity that is enduring more than irritating and a catchy, sugar-high energy that easily bludgeons down listeners’ defenses until they can’t help but sing along. Are The Golden Bubbles criminal masterminds? Wunderkind savants? A bit of both? 

Updated 02/01/2012