Tahiti 80

Of course you remember where you were the first time you heard Tahiti 80's 2000 LP Puzzle.

Of course you do.

And you remember hearing "Heartbeat" at the Gap. And "A Love from Outer Space" once on some reality show.

But LPs 2 and 3 were weak. Sorry, 's' true.

And now comes the frickin' fantastic Activity Room (not released in the States as I type). Just what spring 2009 will need: relentlessly upbeat, super-tight, effortless-sounding pop! You know the band in your town that is ridiculously better than the rest? They play like that. Plus the slight, slurry drag of vocals done in English as a second language, adding a soupcon of coolness...

Between the new Morrissey, Franz Ferdinand and PSB right around the corner, 2009 may compete with 1989 as the greatest year in POP HISTORY!

Maybe.