"Pershing" by Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin (Polyvinyl) - Out now

There's definitely music for every season. The downbeat baroque that fits New England's colder months just isn't cutting it now that we've finally tasted 80 degrees again. And while summer calls for wide-open rock grandeur (think Bruce Springsteen's "Thunder Road"), spring begs for something in between.

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin - apparently not fans of brevity -- serve up warm and fuzzy pop rock - just right for the warm, airy, allergy-assaulting days of spring. Mixing happy melodies, sweet-sounding harmonies and sharp hooks, SSLYBY is super-addictive.

Though the Missouri pop rockers draw tons of comparisons to The Shins, they draw from all over the pop rock pantheon. All throughout "Pershing," there are hints of Josh Rouse, Guster and Fountains of Wayne.

Strewn about are the relics of dead relationships. Whether it's the late-teen bubble-gum pop of "Dead Right" ("...I don't want to get drunk, I just want to get some ...") or the more grown-up longing of "The Beach Song" or the pangs of regret on "Modern Mystery."

It's not to say that every song is about a girl - just most of them. And even when it seems like they've gone in a new direction they veer right back. The bouncy bass that leads into standout rocker "Oceanographer" leads you right back to where just about every other song starts and ends: the women.

And that's probably OK, because women are kind of what rock music has always been about. SSLYBY succeeds because they don't really whine, and even when they do, they move on quickly to the next tale of heartache, all the while belting out lyrics that'll be stuck on repeat play in your head.

Download this track now: "Oceanographer"