ready for some more great music? look no further than hellogoodbye. their debut album might have come out last summer, but lead single “here (in your arms)” is currently at no. 3 on billboard’s dance airplay chart and no. 48 (and rising) on the hot 100.

here’s part of a review i wrote that will soon appear over at dancemusic.about.com:

“there’s good news and bad news.

first, here’s the bad. so-cal dance-rock band hellogoodbye’s debut album, zombies! aliens! vampires! dinosaurs!, is slightly incongruent and, at times, frustratingly cluttered.

the good news? despite the sporadic bouts of disarray, it’s nearly impossible to resist. produced by self’s matt mahaffey (who has also worked with pink, beck and smash mouth), the first five tracks come straight from ’80s heaven, with an added dash of new-wave and emo swagger. it’s the perfect combination of vocoder vocals, spastic synths and quixotic grandeur.

first single “here (in your arms)” sounds like the glorious soundtrack of a climactic big screen prom scene - and we mean that as a compliment. the tommie sunshine remixes don’t trump the original, yet they somehow succeed in further complicating the distinction between hellogoodbye and new order or perhaps the cure at their most melodic.”

you can read the rest of this brilliant review over at about.com!