While hardly earth shattering, the self-titled debut by Ruby Jean & The Thoughtful Bees is at least entertaining. Mindless electronica to bop along to – where’s the harm in that?

OK, so it does get a wee bit too repetitive at times and I can’t help but mourn the potential some of the songs have to become, you know, actual songs rather than just drawn out dance-a-thons. But I still find myself enjoying it which I assume is the main point with music like this.

Vocalist Ruby Jean is actually Rebekah Higgs (pictured), while those thoughtful little bees are Jason Vautour (guitar), Sean MacGillivray (drums) and Colin Crowell, who is the brains behind the band as he writes, arranges and produces everything. Together they have gathered quite the reputation of putting on a great live show, but that’s nothing that I personally can account for. I can however tell you that the design and artwork of the album sleeve is very nicely done.

Top tracks: “Girls You Love”, “Trustfund” and “How To Win Friends & Influence People”.

 ~ “You Don’t Miss Me”, “Girls You Love” ~