It's like cotton candy, sounds real good at the time, but am I going to listen to it again past September? Nah... They opened for the (absolutely amazing, breathtaking, going-to-take-over-the-world-eventually) Stellastarr and they were very good, particularly the singer who has a good strong voice and the right look (although his whole my-life-of-constant-empty-sex-is-so-boring attitude gets a little tiresome). One of their songs, probably either 'Somebody Told Me' or 'Mr. Brightside', will be the breakout song on a soundtrack or Fox show, the singer will get a few magazine covers, and then they'll come out with a 'difficult' second album and fade into the musical canvas along with 3rd Eye Blind, Phantom Planet, Remy Zero, the Rembrandts, etc.
Best bet is to use 'Somebody Told Me' as the lead-off track on a mixtape for people who don't follow current music. (Followed maybe by something jumpy by Junior Senior; some Franz Ferdinand; that PJ Harvey/Thom Yorke song off of her 'Stories' disc; Wilco's 'I am Trying to Break Your Heart'; the Minutemen's 'Jesus and Tequila' just to shake things up a bit; one of the first few songs on the new Muse album; The Streets' "Dry Your Eyes"; something from the Scissor Sisters disc; Rocket from the Crypt's "On a Rope"; some Libertines; Blur's "Tender"; something from Andre3000's disc; maybe something from Polyphonic Spree; the '99 Problems' track off of The Grey Album; and concluding with Sonic Youth's version of 'Superstar'). I just kind of pulled that out of my ass, but there it is.
