This short-but-sweet slice of pure indie-pop is the most deceptively wonderful record of 2008. Here’s why: Way back in April, when “Pershing” was released, indie tastemaking Web site Pitchfork derided its “general sense of inoffensiveness” while comparing the frivolously named Missouri band to The Shins. (I think they’re more Rogue Wave-ish, but you can’t split a much finer hair, can you?) But therein lies the problem of online record reviews; they’re inherently biased against earworms. And “Pershing” is quite the earworm. While songs like “Glue Girls” and “Think I Wanna Die” will have you tapping your toe from day one, just wait until six months passes and you suddenly find yourself unable to stop humming “Modern Mystery” and the album’s other subtle superstars.