The band has never sounded better. Someone might have already said this, but there is great guitar on here. Some similar to what they're used to do, some a lot harder than what I've been used to. I've heard people say this sounds like grunge. They may be right, whatever, I think this records just rocks big time. Oh, and Shaun Verrault's vocals never sounded so good. He is surprisingly (did I mention I was surprised yet?) versatile here. He rocks straight on My New Self but turns it down quite a bit on 40 Watt Moon. This brings me to my next point, there is variety on this record. There is no mistaking, this is a Wide Mouth Mason album, but they seem to experience a bit more than before. This is especially obvious on Come Out to Play which, it seems, the band just had a good time recording.