Love him or hate him, Perez Hilton has a pretty good batting average when it comes to predicting the next “it” band. So We The Living were likely stoked when the celebrity blogger gave them a gushing review. (But maybe less stoked when he compared them to Lifehouse.)

The L.A. trio are most comfortable in the land of ballads, but theirs are less like the maudlin, ham-fisted melodies of Lifehouse and more akin to the expansive and elegant arrangements of OneRepublic or Coldplay. “Menelaus,” a haunting love song that borrows the Battle of Troy as its lyrical terrain, is made for slow dancing hipsters. “Best Laid Plans,” (Perez’s favorite) takes its sweet time to drive the chorus home, but sometimes its more fun to coast than cruise. Maybe it’s We The Living’s plethora of pretty, slow songs that makes the arching leap of “Sound of Love” so exciting. “This is the sound of the beat of your heart / Can you feel it? Can you feel it?”

Yes … yes we can.