You could call Blessed by a Broken Heart’s music cheesy, goofy or silly, but I think this sextet from Montreal would take it as a compliment.

Don’t get the wrong idea; this band has loads of talent, especially lead guitarist Shred Sean. They’re fairly heavy at times, too, mostly when frontman Tony Gambino spits out lyrics hardcore-style. But it’s tempered by a glossy ‘80s sheen courtesy of keyboardist Simon Fox, drums from Da Bird that sometimes have an electronic feel, and lyrics and melodies that want nothing more than to be the soundtrack to your next party or maybe a montage in an ‘80s action movie in which the cops’ investigation leads them to a strip club (don’t they always?).

A press release accompanying an advance copy of Pedal to the Metal, the band’s Century Media debut, describes Blessed by a Broken Heart as “a fun loving, carefree and energetic rock band … that has but one goal in mind: to deliver an album of epic summer party anthems that will give everyone who hears it an outlet to leave their daily frustrations behind and think about the happy times, past and present.”

This album comes pretty close to matching that description. Even as you sit in disbelief when Gambino sings on “Move Your Body” the horrendously clichéd line “Throw your hands up into the air and wave ‘em around like you just don’t care,” it’s hard to keep the infectious tune from burrowing into your head and staying there for the next several days.

In that way, I suppose Blessed by a Broken Heart is something of a guilty pleasure. But it seems wrong to say that; fun like this shouldn’t make anyone feel bad.