A tight, bright string section and some buoyant pop tunes — particularly the whistled ditty ''The Bandit'' and the creepy, catchy ''Blinded by You'' — drive the first half of the Norman, Okla., quintet Starlight Mint's debut The Dream That Stuff Was Made Of. And while Dream at times plays up a too-pervasive Pixies influence (as in the familiar surf-guitar flurry of ''The Twilight Showdown''), these Mints can be quite refreshing. C+
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