
At first glance, Motor City popsters PAS/CAL are impossibly precious. The cover art for their long-awaited debut I Was Raised On Matthew, Mark, Luke and Laura has a guy who looks a bit like Jarvis Cocker. Their song titles are long and MFAish. They really could be your typical twee pop band, so much so that you might wonder why you'd bother with them when you already own every Belle and Sebastian record. You'd be missing out if you made that call, though. They're very clever and endearing, it's true, and you'll get a serious sugar [...]