Helen Love

Helen Love - Day-Glo Dreams (Elefant) ****

Once you get over a band who have been around since 1992 singing "we are the lo-fi kids", this album is a whole lot of fun.

Welsh act Helen Love long ago mastered the art of writing pop punk tunes to make you dance, but on their seventh album they've swapped the 70s punk homage for an 80s tribute instead.

All synths and smiles, Helen Love have changed up their sound and it works a treat.

We Are The Lo-fi Kids is a great introduction to the album, and title track Day-Glo Dreams continues in much the same vein.

My Imagination is a cheesy, cheerful affair which you can see uniting the Barrowlands in a mass, bouncing sea of bodies.

Things take a turn for the (slightly) more serious on Our Mum And Dad, but it's still unmistakably Helen Love.

The band channel Blondie on album closer Teenage Soap Opera, bringing a close to a record that made us smile from start to finish.