The Pipettes seem to have space-shuttled straight in from the pages of some Fifties sci-fi comic called Fantastic Fables or Amazing Stories From Saturn!
Three polka dot-dressed princesses are cryogenically frozen 50 years ago and wake up determined to make it big in the music industry.
They don't know about punk, hip hop or progressive house, but they've a rare gift for the three-minute pop song which sounds great over a couple of colas sat in your nearest drive-thru.
Backed by The Cassettes (three guys you'd love your mother to meet but never take to the prom), the Brighton-based trio specialise in innocent, bubblegum boogies last heard just before dancing got dirty.
It's a shame that, vocally, they're nowhere near The Ronettes or The Supremes.
Still, The Pipettes sound like nothing else out there at the moment and, at their best, it's like Prince almost said: Let's party like it's 1959
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