Quick, Before It Melts.

With a name like The Rosebuds, you know the music is going to be succulent and sweet, with a few thorns to bristle your skin. The husband and wife team of Ivan Howard and Kelly Crisp release their third album of pop melodies and dance beats, Night Of The Furies, April 10, 2007 on Merge Records. Each track is less song than story; you can enjoy the album's lyrical themes from the comfort of your living room sofa, or you can indulge beat and get up and groove to these tunes on the dance floor.

The Rosebuds' are quintessential modern pop musicians, embracing rhythm and melody in equal measure. In the hands of others, the music might have sounded dated and the lyrics a tad melodramatic, but The Rosebuds pull off that difficult trick of sounding instantaneously familiar and comfortable while being modern and relevant. No small feat, that.