finally smiled during the late '90s and into the millennium, thanks to the bands like , , and countless other TRL mainstays. New Jersey's own play with stylings on their third album, . More mature compared to 1999's mixes delight with snarl, and 's harmonies are jaunty and tight. But the album is also quite dark and grim; they stay close to the anger found in in the first place. Album opener pauses at the idea of death of a peer. Frontman 's boyish vocals project a facade of sweet, bouncy sounds, practically glossy and sheer. The bleak descriptions found on and capture the grittiest three-chord riffs and 's highest artistic moment yet. They're bittersweet from love, and self-discovery is most pertinent. They want to avoid such loss, and suggests that. is conscious of what's affecting their generation, post Generation-X, and they're asking thousands of questions. yearns to fight the compromise within social standards and complies with bit of self-indulgence. ~ MacKenzie Wilson