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Miracle Parade is the solo project of Everyday Visuals’ Christopher Pappas. His debut, Hark and Other Lost Transmissions, produced by Rilo Kiley bassist Pierre De Reeder (Jenny and Johnny, M Ward, Death Cab for Cutie) suggests the obvious influence of bands such as America and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and, on a subtler level, ’90s slacker rock marked by a faint hint of the quiet-loud-quiet aesthetic. It’s an oddly compelling mash-up of ’70s AM pop with country rock’s twangy distortion layered over Brit-folk-inspired “oohs” and “aahs.” Miracle Parade’s brand of retro kitsch could have used more bite, although clearly it was Pappas’s intention to keep it a mostly lo-fi affair.