Many of today's bands have been together since high school in some form or another, or at least the artists began playing in high school.  The Marvelous 3 grew up in the same town, decided to play in bands together, and did so for 10 years before they became "the marvies".  They have always had all the makings of a "classic" rock band; they always had fun, even when nobody knew/cared who they were, they stuck together, and made solid songs incorporating the aspects of their teenage (and later 20-something) lives.

    In true indie glamour-rock style, all the songs on this album are about relationships (judging from the lyrical content, one wonders if the guys will ever get over their high school crushes ;-)).  All sorts of relationships, from the strange (the messed-up yet funny "Katrina", with the chorus "How'm I supposed to sleep when I've been stalked by a lesbian / I can't eat or sleep, and I'm married to the Ephedrine / How'm I supposed to sleep when I've been stalked by a lesbian now?"), to the break-up songs ("Appetite", "The Last Sleep", among others) and songs about friends' bad relationships ("In The Beginning Of Relationships").  These songs all have an energetic rock backing, with some great solos; none of the tracks sound alike.  There isn't one song I don't recommend on here; my favorites however are: "Bottle Rockets" (in the middle of which Butch Walker plays what he claims to be the "best rock guitar solo ever"... its not the best but it is pretty good), "Appetite", and "I Wanna Go To The Sun" (the most poppy/catchy of all the tracks).

   This album is great, and the boys have gotten a bit of well-deserved exposure with 1998's Hey! Album and another album, Ready Sex... Go due later this year (expect reviews of the latter, if not both, to be up on the site as soon as I am able).  Looks like these guys are shaping up to be the next indie-success story, and even if their next album turns out to be sell-out garbage, at least we'll have this and Hey! Album to submit as evidence that indie pop-rock is some of the best music out there.