Clearly influenced by the sun-dappled clouds that make their home of Los Angeles such a glorious one, Radar Bros. return with The Fallen Leaf Pages, their fourth album.

With the tasty influences of local heroes like the Beach Boys and the Byrds, as well the psychedelic wonderings of Pink Floyd, it’s pretty hard to resist the fifteen gloriously dreamy pop morsels that make up The Fallen Leaf Pages. It’s nothing fancy, and there’s nothing here that you probably haven’t heard before…but that’s hardly a new occurrence either, is it?

No, instead Jim Putnam and his cohorts (bassist Senon Williams and drummer Steve Goodfriend) keep things going sweetly along on The Fallen Leaf Pages. Whilst an obvious complaint could be that while the pop is lovely it’s also unfocussed and lacking in surprises, instead drifting through pleasing melodies throughout its fifty-plus minute length.

If anything, Putnam’s singing voice brings to mind a less ‘messy’ Devendra Banhart, and the gently strummed guitars over layered synths and pianos will do little to dissuade many from that comparison. Radar Bros. have delivered a consistent, highly pleasing album with The Fallen Leaf Pages.