It's easy to take a shine to this upbeat but aggressive indie rock/emo/post-punk crashing band. Everything about this Wausau, WI (near Madison), four is big, bold, bright, and in-your-face, but so friendly about it. They're intense without the big show, they're melodic as a happy rule, they aren't without good-natured humor (one song is called "I'm a Bad Stalker," another "Cheer Up Emo Boy"), the arrangements are always fresh (good twinkling-ringing guitars as a sonic break in "George Lassos the Moon"), and singer Matt Loos has one of those earnest but strong voices that adds weight to his nice-guy songs about girls. Nicely following up their self-titled debut EP, this is more of the same, with hints of recognizable underground star bands (Superchunk, Promise Ring, Poster Children, early R.E.M., etc.), but with their own take. Mastered by Brian Daly