I haven't heard a lot of two-person bands who aren't acoustic guitar-and-singer duos, so the fact that Why They Came doesn't fall into that category is interesting to me. Two Andrews (Barnett and Mikel) play the guitar and drums on this album, and the sonic results are closer to Local H than early Jewel. Thankfully their sound isn't the only reason to give these guys a listen. A popular theme on Unnecessary is one of people idealizing and idolizing the people in their lives. In "The Wonderful Preacher Man," we see that the people we revere are not without their faults, even if we can't see them. As Andrew Barnett sings, "He wants to wash himself, but he doesn't really want to be clean," it's not hard to be reminded of Ted Haggard's recent troubles and the fallout from his confession of infidelity. Similarly, in "Virgin" we hear two sides of a relationship where someone doesn't know the truth about the other's purity and the truth is something that will have to be accepted even if it hurts. There's an uncomfortable balance struck here between the one who believes so blindly in the other person's purity despite the claims of others, and the other person, who despite their lack of virginity is willing to point the finger at the people around them and charge them not to speak the truth because the other person's belief is beautiful even if it is incorrect. This album isn't a total downer, but it's not exactly happy-go-lucky music either. "Married For Love" showcases a man who is accepting the sad state of his boring marriage and admitting that he is too cowardly to get out of it. Between talk of a wife who thinks he'll be happy with her now that they have a baby, or the jaded line "who gets married for love?" it's clear that this peek into unhappy married life, though sad, will resonate with a number of people. But then the next song is the hopeful, "You Love Me," where the bliss of being with someone who cares for you is extolled even if you don't quite believe what the other person is saying. Another primary theme on this record is the pursuit of love. Whether it's lost love that you can't get over ("Girl in Town") or chasing fantasies that are all too clearly going to end in disaster ("Rabbits"), or any of the songs already mentioned in this review, there is a definite focus on this feeling, this experience. We as humans all have a need for it whether we acknowledge that or not, and one thing this record does is show that our pursuits, though sometimes misguided, are still with pursuing. Sometimes it ends well, sometimes it ends poorly, but it's a journey that has to be taken. Led By the Unqualified To Do the Unnecessary isn't an earth-shattering record, but it does make you think. If nothing else, it offers some reminders that life is not always peachy for those around us, even if we think all is well for them. It seems this duo want us to remember to look deeper at the world around us, whether it's our family and friends, the "celebrities" of our society, or just how we look at love and relationships. There's more than what we know and that's worth looking into.