I've listened to this CD a dozen times since I got it last week. It passed the ultimate test that only one-in-500 pass: I actually brought it into my car! (Ooooh!) Cranked it up in the headphones. Singing along with every word. God I can't gush enough about how wonderful this CD is. The songs (those hooks, right up front!) - those surprisingly deep lyrics! - those creative arrangements that let emotion bend convention. - that mellotron! Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. And that voice!! The rare ability to make people want to know you, just by opening your mouth. So much personality leaping out of the speakers. Sucks you right in. I'M TOTALLY HOOKED.

I definitely agree with Silverlake Local's description of the album's material as being "post-adolescent campfire songs." Without a doubt, the album has a sort of undescribable charm to it -- something that makes you want to listen to it again and again. I never tire of the songs. Every time they say something different to me. A true masterpiece this album is. I wonder what ever became of the band, though, for they haven't released a new album since this one way back in '97.

Indie-pop like Juliana Hatfield - but with stronger songs and surprisingly poetic lyrics from a charming voice.