If you want a great rockin' head boppin' pop album, Winnipeg's The Perms latest Keep You Up When You're Down will fit the bill. In fact this album pushes The Perms as a major player in the power pop genre. The opening single Give Me All Your Lovin is a catchy high energy song that sounds a bit like KISS meets Sloan. This is followed by the gem As You Were with a driving chorus and roaring guitars along the lines of the Posies or Velvet Crush. Both Running Away and World To Me continues to kick things up with harmonious guitars and vocals. The band flirts with a bigger arena sound on You Don't Know but stop short of Bon Jovi\u002FDef Leppard territory. Another slew of gems follow with the great melodies in Nightshift and the gentle vocal harmonies on Who are you Fooling recalling Weezer. The album is pretty consistent, with a bunch of good mid-tempo rockers like Big Mistake and It Won't Hurt Us At All. I do hear a 70s rock element here with Thin Lizzy styled guitar licks, and Chad Smith's deep vocals do seem to be channeling Paul Stanley. Every track is good here, and it ends just as strong as it begins with the excellent Salvation. If the Perms were not on your radar before -- now is the time to pay attention.https:\u002F\u002Fpowerpopaholic.blogspot.com\u002F2009\u002F03\u002Fperms-keep-you-up-when-youre-down.html