The Bicycats is an absolutely brilliant outfit. It's real tough to be odd and appeal to those who may not cotton to odd all too well. The Bicycats play pop music with doses of mania and a Young Fresh Fellow sense of unpretentious cool. Zach "The Shark" Bernstein appears to be the only official Bicycat, though the CD "I Love You For Your Mind" has a few folks joining Bernstein as he bounces between ukulele, guitar, piano, and some sort of organ.

At a glance, The Bicycats is a fun group that mixes pop and dry wit; however, the songs shouldn't be dismissed due to - or despite of - their random, matter-of-fact subject matter (girls with moustaches, lost love, melting Ferris wheels, making the bed) and clever arrangements. In a word, the music is fantastic. Different never made better sense.

Before taking off to tour the States, The Bicycats play with Kelli Rae Powell and The Soups Of The Day Saturday, August 11, at Daily Perks Coffee House, 389 Gregory Street, 271-2340, 7 p.m., $5, all ages.