Canadian duo Ash Koley comprisies lead singer Ash Koley and songwriter/instrumentalist Phil Deschambault. Their debut Inventions has a New Wave/Pop sound inspired by acts like The Pretenders, Erasure, Eurythmics, Prince, and Radiohead. The catchy and sunny “Brighter At Night” opens the CD sounding like something Blondie would do.

Each of the tracks sounds different. “Apple Of My Eye” has such infectious harmonies, while “Don’t Let Your Feet Touch Ground” (with catchy Ooh oohs) is bouncy retro Pop.”Downtime Up” has an insistent piano riff and soothing harmonies, while the clap-driven “Country-tinged Mary The Inventor” starts off sounding a wee bit like George Michael’s “Faith”.

“Go!” is light and airy, “Colliding” is a reflective acoustic/piano ballad, while “Balance” starts as a spare ballad with full instrumentation building in as the song progresses into something Garbage-like (the band, of course). Closing things more upbeat is “Sheep In Wolves Clothing” with pulsing synths and chants of Whoa! At 9 tracks, it does fly past rather quickly, but Pop music this much fun will have you playing it over and over and over.