★★★★★
Previous to Psychic Reader, Minneapolis-based trio Bad Bad Hats released a few lo-fi demos via Bandcamp. Along with kazoo solos and rewritten Shania Twain verses came effervescent indie-pop track "Super America". In it, lead vocalist/guitarist Kerry Alexander strolls gas station aisles gazing longingly at its sugary treats, and in the same breath reveals similarly hedonistic desires for her love life: "I want a sweet tea and a heart that won't break.... I want an Icee and a nice boy to date...
- pitchfork.com
2015-07-20
★★★★★
There's a fine line between pleasant sugar-pop and aspartame-injected indie music. Minneapolis trio Bad Bad Hats is doing a great job of avoiding the artificial in favor of the purest pop. In 2013, the band released their criminally under-appreciated EP, It Hurts , a succinct collection of addicting ear-grabbers. Two and a half years later, the trio is unleashing the full effect of their infectious melody-making with their debut full-length album, Psychic Reader ...
- www.pastemagazine.com
2015-07-15