Love
The Juliana Theory have been quietly making their mark since 1999, shifting over 100,000 copies of two full-length independent releases and sharing the stage with incendiary artists such asAt the Drive-InandNew Found Glory. With their major label debut, produced by formerTalking HeadJerry Harrison (Live,No Doubt), the Pennsylvania band inches ever closer to the perfect four-minute single. Of the 14 tracks here, the best--"Shell of a Man" and "Jewel to Sparkle"--mix searing guitars and tidal rhythms with unexpected blasts of melody and cracked emotion, sounding like a delirious sound-clash between theFoo FightersandFaith No More.--Aidin Vaziri