Hogyssey
The poorly titled and executedHogysseybuilds on  Spacehog's reputation of anonymous alterna-pop, à la Third Eye  Blind and Superdrag. This release does not surprise, and therefore does  not disappoint. It's something of a concept album as the band claims  that the track sequence is "loosely based on the sequence of events in  the movie2001: A Space Odyssey." This does not explain the  second-to-last cut, "At Least I Got Laid." (By a monolith? Explain,  please.) Actually, to be fair, the band does offer up a surprisingly  catchy cut on the third track, "I Want to Live." This sudden explosion  of competency startles and snaps before the band continues theirHogysseytowards the middle of the road.--Jason Josephes