The Concretes - In Colour

Another indie-pop nugget which has been on the Dirtychurch playlist is the second album, In Colour, by a pretty band called The Concretes.
Hailing from Switzerland, this eight piece group have made some very sweet music. Again, good melodies are the drawing force, combining some elements of motown with bubble-gum pop, girl-groupesque vocal style and the instrumental arangement of Arcade Fire (played like not wanting to be heard in the next room) creating a twee love-child as if spawned from the loins of The Carpenters and Belle and Sebastian (there's a thought!)
I bought this album after seeing the video, without sound, for "On The Radio", the album's opening track and I'm not disappointed. You'll be hard pushed not to sing along after a couple of listens.

It's not an album that beats on your noggin door like a baliff, more hesitantly rings the doorbell like an old-aged Avon lady. 4/5.