The Pipettes aren’t keeping anything from you. It’s just not their style. In fact, everything about this dressy threesome is on the table, and they’ve brought it all across the pond for their much-anticipated North American tour.

Rosay, RiotBecki, and Gwenno comprise this girl group from Great Britain, and with help from their band The Cassettes, they’re (pronounced “pip-ettes”) taking listeners back to a time when pop music was at its rudimentary best – before the Beatles, as the group maintains, ruined it for everybody.

Think Phil Spector, they say, and see where the music takes you.

All of the group’s broad musical knowledge and influences come to fabulous fruition on their full-length North American debut We Are The Pipettes. Every song is short and sweet; there’s not a sappy eight-minute ballad in sight. First-rate harmonizing among the three Pipettes and dynamic instrumental composition from The Cassettes help ground the group’s overall quirkiness, lending credibility to an inherently bubbly fem-pop image. The single “Pull Shapes,” a delicious sampling of the crisp and infectious tracks to be found on the record, sums up that vibe in a single line: “I just want to move, I don’t care what the song’s about.”

Far from the whiny doo-wop ladies of yore, The Pipettes don’t write weepy victim songs about uncertain romance and unrequited love – they choose to address those very issues from a more practical and empowering stance. The song “One Night Stand” details a fleeting exchange in which the girl is the user in the relationship, admonishing her consort to heed her warning and not get too attached. Sex, crushes and breakups are also dealt with, and not one of the album’s 16 tracks loses its sparkle on account of its subject matter.

This trio presents a cohesive retro image, from its coordinating polka-dotted frocks to the turntable-style standalone player on its impressive homepage at www.thepipettes.com.

Live shows feature the girls front and center, leading the crowd in spotless, feel-good dance numbers. “We do just play off each other, and I think it’s quite clear we don’t practice our dance moves, but that never really was the point,” says Gwenno, The Pipettes centerpiece. “We’re really doing it so that we have something solid to do on stage and other people can join in with us.”

If that doesn’t make you want to tease your hair into a beehive and head out for a night on the town, nothing will.

Leaving a trail of excitement and energy in their wake is nothing new to these girls. All it took was a chance meeting one night at a party in Brighton to show them they were onto something great. Gwenno observes, “The way the band was formed is different to most, as we had a concept before any band members, rather than meeting over a shared love for a particular musical style or period.”

Being clear on what The Pipettes are about as a band and keeping their image at the forefront in everything they consider has always been the name of the game for these like-minded songstresses, and their collaboration has given rise to one of the most original and promising emerging acts.

And they’re just getting started.

The album title says it all: in no uncertain terms, they are The Pipettes, three poised, polka-dotted performers bringing the world their vision of flawless pop music with zest and zip.