This six-piece outfit of musical chameleons hit the ground running with their third album, Places Like This. Fizzing with electrical currents and channeling calypso rhythms and tropicalia flavors with lashings of percussion a-go-go, the new songs pack a kaleidoscopic punch. Pop effervescence hasn’t sounded this fresh in ages.
October 16, 2:00 p.m.
So it started at 1:30. The website said 2 when I cut and pasted (above). It said 1pm when I looked at it today. Sigh. So keep an eye on those shifty Apple folks.