I knew there would be some crossover between Today’s Modern Pop.com and Powerpopaholic. Here is a excellent example of modern alt. pop that I can endorse wholeheartedly. Just listen to the sparkling harmonies on the track “Plots are for Cemeteries” and you’ll be sold. Bricolage, are Glasgow gents: Graham Wann, Wallace Meek, Darren Cameron, and Colin Kearney. Produced with sparkling economy by former Altered Images guitarist Stephen Lironi, its dozen tracks are the product of its influences, like Teenage Fanclub, Belle & Sebastian and Franz Ferdinand, but also they have developed their own distinct clean pop sound. If you want pop romanticism of the Smiths, then “Turn You Over” will fit the bill, or Northern Soul-style stomp then “The Waltzers,” will suit you. This is pop full of melody, verve and wit – for a modern world that is about to discover how badly it needed it. Bricolage may be a new strand in Glasgow’s ongoing musical history, but for Bricolage themselves, this is where their own stunning history truly begins being written. After a few listens, I couldn’t find a track I didn’t like — and it makes my Top Ten of 2009. Happy Happy, Joy Joy!