BOY is this poppy. Poppier than popsicle-sucking popstrels popping body-poppers in a field populated by poppies.

Owl City is effectively Adam Young, music-meister and tack-sharp lyricist, who is the dynamic driving creative force on latest release, Ocean Eyes. The best known of the dozen compositions is erstwhile number one Fireflies, a fizz-fresh confection which, along with Meteor Shower and Vanilla Twilight, stand out for offering light and shade in contrast to the domineering dominion of high NRG electronica.

Otherwise, it’s a blare of blips, bleeps and beats in which none of the five vocalists can be distinguished from each other as if all are victims of a vocoder attack. A pity, because lyrically it’s lucid and eloquent. How could you fail with lines such as: “With fronds like these who needs anemones?” on The Bird And The Worm. Almost, but not quite poptastic.