Jim Noir - Tower of Love

Apparently, Jim Noir lives across the road from Badly Drawn Boy. He's obviously been nipping over to borrow a cup of sugar and, while he's there, been listening to Pet Sounds, Simon & Garfunkel, the Divine Comedy, the Super Furrys, the Beta Band and watching Sesame Street.

God bless these beautiful melodies, these kiddy-tinged anthems (The Key of C! Eany Meanie! Turn Your Frown Into A Smile!), these multi-tracked choirs of Noirs, the head-on collision of the twee, the drum machine and the well-picked acoustic.

A close relation of They Might Be Giants' Here Come The ABCs, Noir's three-eps become one full-length CD is just the kind of feelgood, poptastic wackery to see us all through a long, hot summer of lurv. Go and borrow some more sugar, Jim, please, and come back soon.