The Ting Tings - We started nothing

The Ting Tings are Jules DeMartino and Katie Price, an English duo who had been in a few bands before forming the Ting Tings in 2004. Their first cd is this one which came out in 2008 after building up some hype from various radio programs and gigs.
The music on the cd is uptempo party pop with catchy, singalong, sometimes shouty choruses. It is a mixed bag and depending on my mood for the day I would possibly find either quite fun or really irritating.
'That's not my name' is probably the best song on here but the problem for me is overexposure. It was such a prevalent song on radio, TV programs and generally just in the ether that it loses its enjoyability. Still great fun to invent verses and to shout the chorus. 'Shut up and let me go',another single slithers along nicely. 'We walk' is another good song with a very 80's feel to the vocals. 'Impacilla Carpisung' with its synth and 'can we hit it..' lyrics sounds even more dated as an 80s track. Weaker tracks are 'Traffic Light', 'Fruit Machine' and 'be the one' just aren't very memorable and don't have the necessary hook to make much of an impact.
The music sometimes works well with just the two members and other times it feels like it could have been better with more flesh on its bones. Considering they've been together for 4 years before the cd came out it could have had a few more memorable tracks but they've got at least one that'll end up 'Now thats what I call whatever the 2000s will be known as' compilations and should allow them to afford the large size options at McDonalds in the future.