An indie rock trio from Minneapolis, Bad Bad Hats play lean, melodic music steeped in pop tunefulness and a mildly jaundiced perspective on the world around them. Taking contemporary pop tropes, twisting them into new shapes, and filtering them through the sensibility of guitar, bass, and drums, the band's music is accessible enough for mainstream music fans but with enough smarts and compelling textures to keep more adventurous listeners interested. Bad Bad Hats first connected with an audience outside their hometown with the 2013 EP It Hurts; their debut LP, 2015's Psychic Reader, earned them enthusiastic reviews and a growing cult following; and they moved to a bigger and more established label with 2021's Walkman. A songwriting experiment with input from their fans helped the group expand their musical boundaries on 2024's Bad Bad Hats.