The picture above may have you thinking of some hipster experimental rock trio, but the Perms are actually power-pop worshippers of the highest order, in the vein of fellow Canadians Sloan (if we’re going by easy geographical comparisons). It’s nearly criminal that the band has been largely unheard of for this long – upcoming album Sofia Nights is the band’s fifth effort, and definitely has the goods to put them over the commercial top. The songs are sugary and filled with hooks, but there’s a crunch to the guitars and venom to the vocals that would frighten most twee-leaning bands. It’s this much-needed attitude that distinguishes the Perms and makes Sofia Nights sort of a rock classist’s dream. Get it when it drops tomorrow.

The Perms – “Said and Done”