A time warp mash of , , and that hails from, of all places, Bowling Green, KY, are out of step, out of style, and out of place on their second effort, like alt-rock kids trapped in an indie rock world. bangs hard on the guitars and swaggers like never happened, but once hot, fast tracks like and sink their hooks into the listener, it doesn't matter much that the band is an odd patchwork quilt of alt-rock nostalgia. If this was some supergroup that splintered off it would make perfect sense, but these memorable songs are delivered with the same energetic push the band displayed on its self-titled debut, so the strong sense of purpose is intact. Big, winding numbers like display growth and the electronica touches found throughout the effort are welcome acknowledgments that this is a post- world. While the grand and sometimes snotty lyrics might not be to all tastes, anyone who misses the days when rock radio loved will find his retro rave-up easy to embrace. ~ David Jeffries