Emerson Drive
Watch out,Rascal  Flatts. Here comes Emerson Drive, rolling out of Canada with an eye on your  formula: rock masquerading as country, high-octane energy, layered harmonies,  and enough testosterone to power a truck pull. While they wrote none of the  material on this debut disc, the six-piece band is hung up on "bed" songs, from  "I Should Be Sleeping," the hit single about a guy's inability do anything but  think of his girl, to "Light of Day" and "I See Heaven," which pretty much say  the same thing. In fact, every song here is about getting the girl, thanking God  for the girl, and pinching yourself to make sure you're not just dreaming you  got the girl. That's what you do when you're young and in love, of course. No  time for subtlety, powered-down production, or variation, unless you count "It's  All About You," a slice of faux R&B; in which lead singer Brad Mates vows  that--what else?--he'll do anything to get the girl. Ah, obsession.--Alanna  Nash