The world doesn’t need another band that takes its inspiration from the fertile grounds of late ’70s and early ’80s British post-punk, but they keep popping up anyway, saturation be damned. On paper, Victoria’s The Paper Cranes are yet another group of Johnny-come-latelys trying to recapture the creative surge that made the post-punk and new wave boom such a thrilling musical period, but even though there’s nothing even approaching unique on Halcyon Days, it doesn’t deserve to be dismissed outright.

Familiarity aside, the album is a lot of fun. The band thankfully avoids the angular, jittery influences that have become increasingly prevalent with new bands and instead place their loyalties closer to the likes of Elvis Costello and Joe Jackson. This serves Halcyon Days well — like these two heavyweights, The Paper Cranes have a knack for folding a multitude of memorable hooks into a small space, making for highly enjoyable pop blasts.

Occasionally, the band’s adoption of their influences gets too blatant, such as on “Milkrun” and “Applecore Manticore,” which sound like outtakes from Costello’s This Year’s Model and the Jam’s All Mod Cons respectively — right down to Ryan McCullagh’s faux-British vocals. Fortunately, even these missteps are packed to bursting with catchy, head-bopping fun.

We can get by just fine without another indie band equipped with an arsenal of early post-punk throwbacks. When those throwbacks are as good the ones on Halcyon Days, though, we can still make room.