Despite hailing from the home of Satanic metal, titling their second album after an anagram in The Da Vinci Code and labouring under a conspiracy theory-derived moniker, there is little of the night about Madcon. Norwegian hip-hop duo Tshawe Baqwa and Yosef Wolde-Mariam - platinum-selling stars and TV show hosts back home - plough a Day-Glo pop furrow adjacent to the Black Eyed Peas. It works in places, but the overall effect is ersatz. Dandelion is The Roots, right down to the Fender Rhodes; Let It Be Known draws on the same reggae inspiration the Fugees mined more than a decade ago; The Way We Do Thangs even features a guest rapper (Timbuktu) who gamely attempts an Eminem impression. Beggin', a rap cover of a Four Seasons song, is likely to give them a sizable UK hit, and there is more similarly summery pleasantness here: but there is too little individuality to convince.