Formerly New Zealand's premier twee-pop band - back in the time when Auckland had been soundly tagged by the garage rock revival, no less - the Brunettes have been travelling the world supporting some of the hottest international indie acts around (the Shins, Postal Service, Rilo Kiley) in the time between albums, and it shows.

In the ten years the group have been together they've seen many members come and go but frontman and svengali Jonathan Bree has always been the driving force, while frontwoman Heather Mansfield has provided the girl-glamour and honey-vox for almost the same amount of time. The duo work effortlessly well together, whether throwing out Nancy and Lee styled call and responses, or conducting sixties-kitsch experiments in Hi-Fi, as on this album's super-cute 'Stereo [Mono Mono]'. Structure and Cosmetics is the Brunette's debut on the legendary American label Sub Pop, and accordingly it has a grown-up and evolved feel to it - there's still obvious influences aplenty, such as the Shangri-Las/Phil Spector production/Bubblegum pop leanings, but the effect of all their indie exposure has given the group a darker, wiser, edge that really suits Bree's songwriting.

At times the band unleash the expanded Brunettes orchestra, swelling the background musicians' ranks to incorporate marimba, trumpet, alto and tenor sax and more, and the effect is almost Go Team-ish in terms of a lush, excitable, group sound explosion. A great album that, given its hot new label backing and a commitment to touring, should see the Brunettes finding - and deserving - fame beyond Antipodean shores.