Think of long summer days, where all you can do is lay about in the heat, bored out of your mind, but you don’t care because it’s all so pleasant. London band Their Hearts Were Full of Spring epitomises, and should soundtrack days like this. It’s low tempo, almost dreary indie pop. Named after a Beach Boys song, Their Hearts Were Full of Spring take an unoriginal, but pleasant approach to music. The sort of music the press release (and it did) will describe as “life affirming”, and “magical”. Rarely getting into any sort of gear, it’s pop without any sort of drive, or real emotion beyond melancholy.Why, then, do I like How I Wasted my Youth so much? I have, I suppose, always been a sucker for music that wafts happily through my consciousness. It also really can’t hurt that I was sent this album during the long summer holidays when I have had little to do but lay about enjoying the weather (when the sun decides to grace us with it’s presence). Differently put, Their Hearts Were Full of Spring are a lushly instrumented band, who know how to write a good unchallenging pop song. Single, a Question of Trust is the best example of their talents, ending up supremely hummable with an excellent chorus, full of perfect harmonies and memorable lyrics that mostly refer to something about love (on almost all songs). Their Hearts Were Full of Spring are never going to be counted among the great indie-pop bands. Adding nothing new, musically, to the genre, they'll probably be added to the long list of indie-pop bands that are quite nice, but not particularly inspiring or original.But then, originality is overrated, one of my favourite releases of the year, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, added nothing new to anything, and yet remained a thoroughly enjoyable album. Their Hearts Were Full of Spring succeed in it’s objectives of providing uplifting, almost beautiful indie-pop. The album can grow tiring in it’s relentless assault of melancholy, caused by a lack of change in tone between any of the songs, but it remains an enjoyable album, although not one that stands up to any particularly close listening. It is very much the perfect summers day album, and you will find it hard not to enjoy its orchestral loveliness.Their Hearts Were Full of Spring on Myspace