Listeners who've come to count on Minty Fresh for their supply of what might be termed Global Pop -- Komeda, Kahimi Karie, the Cardigans and the Legendary Jim Ruiz Group, for instance -- should have no complaints about Floraline. Combining the light and airy hooks of bossa-nova-loungecore with a new wave (or even disco) aesthetic, the Atlanta-based group offers luxurious, sophisticated pop with a danceable edge. Vocalist Linda Sharp, formerly a jazz singer, turns in a breathy, cheerfully exotic performance, flitting through a variety of almost-foreign accents. Her best moment comes on "I Should Say," on which she provides an excellent impression of what Brian Ferry would've sounded like if he'd been born a woman. "Fade," meanwhile, sounds a bit like Komeda's Lena Karlsson fronting an amalgamation of your favorite mid-eighties British pop groups. If there's a single predominant Floraline sound -- and to be honest, there's not quite enough unique band identity established here to be certain -- it's a sort of insouciant Eurodisco thing; check out the pulsing beat on "Just the Way", or the new wave groove on "Concourse", both undoutbedly bolstered by the presence of Dave Trumfio (Pulsars, etc.) behind the board. Floraline is a solid debut, and I look forward to hearing the band extend their range -- and outgrow their more overt influences -- on future albums.