Two-person bands tend to evoke images of spare songs, usually performed by gritty punk bands. Then an act like Connect the Dots comes along, creating soundscapes that sound like far more people are needed in their production: backing beats inspired by a combination of math rock and Afrobeat, and dominating melodies which play like an instrumental bag of surprises. Michael Coltun and Peter Tran play tight staccato guitar and bass lines that don’t sound too far removed from other local experimental pop acts like Hume (with whom Tran has toured), but they also add in xylophones and other toys that squeak and squawk, lending a childlike energy to a sound that no mere beginner could ever achieve.