the first single is the go-getter. it'll grab you by your throat, shake you to and fro, make your toe tap, and will kiss you good-bye all in the span of 3 minutes.i can tell you right off the bat - i'm not a huge fan of most of these new-generation 'alternative' rock bands. rap-metal sounds forced. those labeling themselves punk awash themselves in the Blink 182 mode. those fine young emo rockers gawk too much at weezer to try to sound like something different.in other words we're languished in a sea of derivatives.that's what Jimmy Eat World seems to be fighthing. you can hear where JEW's influences lay - the wailing of Weezer (pinkerton era), the melody of Greenday. you can hear their influences through yet you never feel as if they're forcing the comparisons through shameless copying.this album isn't going to change your world. buy it knowing you're getting 46 minutes of rock at its purest right now.