Oh you Sweet Thing (13 photos)

Three of them are actors.

Four of them will appear in the upcoming Degrassi movie slotted to air this summer on MuchMusic in Canada and TeenNick in the United States.

SooToday.com would like to buy cheeseburgers for all five of their skinny butts next time they come through the Sault.

One of Toronto's best-kept secrets, Sweet Thing, rolled through Sault Ste. Marie Monday night on its way home from Western Canada promoting the upcoming release of its first full-length album, scheduled to drop in August.

With more catchy melodies than you can shake a skinny tie at, Sweet Thing doesn't bring anything excessively new to the current Canadian pop music buffet.

But the young lads do infectious-pop-to-dance-your-fool-head-off-to better than 99 percent of those currently topping the charts.

And they do it with mouth-watering tenacity, solid musicianship, and razor-sharp edge.

Unfortunately the audience at Loplops, while loud and appreciative, chose to remain firmly seated rather than dance its fool head off.

We'd place heavy wagers, however, that every single audience member left the venue with echoes of Sweet Thing's Dance Mother and Spider bouncing uncontrollably within their craniums.

Canadian television and radio personality George Stroumboulopoulos says of Sweet Thing: "As soon as I heard Sweet Thing I thought, this is the sound and band that we've all been waiting for! I'm so excited for people to hear this album and I already can't wait for their next one."

In March of this year, Billboard Magazine named Sweet Thing one of the top five up-and-coming artists to watch in Canada.

So, why haven't we heard of Sweet Thing before?

Drummer Tyler Kyte told us that, although Sweet Thing formed in 2005, the band stayed pretty close to home for the most part, building a sizable and loyal following in the Toronto area.

Then the boys locked themselves away for two years.

"We signed with EMI about two and a half years ago," explained Kyte. "We had been writing and had the live show going with a good following in Toronto. And then the goal was to make an album. We locked ourselves in the rehearsal space for two years to write more songs and figure everything out."

Last summer, Sweet Thing flew to Los Angeles to record with producer Rob Schnapf (Elliott Smith, Beck, The Vines, Saves The Day).

Look for Sweet Thing's debut release on shelves August 17.

Until then, check out snippets from the album here.