I'm in love. Seduced by the warmth of Jenn Geren. Landing in a Letters to Cleo with aspiration of My Bloody Valentine, Astroblast can sooth your pop jones with dreamy snappy progressions and wandering guitars. Simpson and Kellough's guitar works are no Kevin Shields (MyBloodyValentine) -- so good guitar genius is substituted with effects and the occasional sparkle.

The shortcoming of Astroblast is the trite sweetness they get stuck in (hear the too peppy melody of "Wearin' Thin"). The moods are pleasant and the melodies dreamy, but not commanding so attention is lost when Astroblast is wandering for too long with the same ideas, but the distractions are bearably pleasant and dreamy.

Subtle shades of the feel good progressions of early eighties pop are felt (with obvious Go-Go's meets Blondie flashbacks) but wrapped in the alterna-bliss of effect laced guitars and an occasional toy keyboard. The vocals are the key sweetness and when the melody breaks well, a warm fuzzy of pop goodness spills forth. Swoon and sleep, blush on the attraction.