Production maestro Matthew Dear's complex compositions might not scream 'chart-toppers', but then Tegan & Sara are that rarest of cases - arena fillers who eschew pop convention at every opportunity. Thriving off the warped side of their alt-pop mentality, the Canadian sisters' collaboration with Dear, 'Bad Ones', is an intricate slice of considered electronic pop, buoyed by Tegan & Sara's confessional lyricism. The product of a near half-decade of mutual admiration, the energy of that bond fizzes through every cascading synth line and jitter of percussion. - TC