Owl CIty - The Midsummer Station

Owl City would be a guilty pleasure artist for me but I have no guilt listening to Adam Young's electronic, sugar pop project. Last year's All Things Bright and Beautiful was a nice little gem full of catchy pop tunes and the Shooting Star ep released earlier this year, was just a preview of what was to come on The Midsummer Station.

While previous efforts from Young have been missing something, The Midsummer Station is perfect. Not one song misses. Years of crafting and working hard to create better and better pop music has paid off and The Midsummer Station hits on every level. From straight up electro-pop tracks like Dreams and Disasters, Shooting Star, and Speed of Love to ballads like Gold, Take It All Away, and Silhouette, and even pop punk influenced songs Dementia and Embers... It's all good! And of course, Good Time, the album's first single that features Carly Rae Jespen is a smash hit.

Adam Young has always delivered solid, fun pop music but The Midsummer Station is his crowning jewel. Pop perfection.