Album Review: Boys Boys Boys! - We Are Excited About Everything

They're one of Perth's best-kept secrets but Boys Boys Boys! look set to take the country by storm if second album We Are Excited About Everything is anything to go by. The scary part is, having seen them strut their stuff live, they are actually excited about everything – be it Casio keyboards, massive hats or bucketloads of glitter on their clothes – and that attitude really translates to their music. Best described as the soundtrack to one of those daggy but still awesome '90s house parties, the pop-rockin' six-piece have honed their act through a stack of gigs over the last few years. And, having supported Regurgitator, they've taken a leaf out of the 'Gurge's book and employed Lachlan 'Magoo' Gould as producer. The result is a vibrant, poptastic release filled with some of the biggest and brightest choruses you'll hear this year.

Opener Don't Bail Out is classic bubblegum pop before the band fire up the bratty vocals on Super-Fine. But things really take off in the second half as BAGRA's Van Halen-style keyboards ring out, leading to a harder-edged chorus. We Like To Move keeps the momentum going ahead of the quirky Management Baby. Casio Joy was recently played on American sitcom Suburgatory and it's easy to see why, as it launches into a bridge section that's impossible not to tap along to. And, Get Rad rocks out nicely towards the end, showing off some of the band's more muscular guitarlines – something that gets lost a little in the mix. This won't be everyone's cup of tea as some may find the sheer positivity and bratty vocals too much, but give it a chance; this one's a pretty classy effort.