We start with "California on My Mind" which has a nice beat, and great harmonica, and vocals which sound like those of Jim Adkins from Jimmy Eat World! The song is hummable and has a great melody. Anybody up for a trip to "New Hampshire"? With some nice instrumentals and beat like this, why not? I think he also sounds like Gordon Downie from the Tragically Hip, I was like, I know he sounds like someone else too! "Canyon City" has a nice beat and keys that could work for a nice driving at night song. I think there is moog at around 1:30...NICE! Not sure though, I am pretty ignorant...this is nice too. "Surf Generation" gives off a chilled surf vibe. The next song starts with piano, and a nice bass line; nother song to bob your head to. You know, it sort of makes you want to "Call Home," maybe. Nice guitar and strings, horns in this one, but the bass and the beat are the focus. However, all the other touches only make it better. Seems like too much is in this song, yet it doesn't feel too crowded. "Heart Attack" has great instrumentals and nice vocals, this one sort of reminds me of KOL's "Knocked Up", it has that southern fried bass, which then changes a little at the last thirty seconds. "Future Towns" is also nice on the keys and drums ,with a bassline lightly in the back of that piano, but what about "The Party?" OH MY G_D, sorry cannot do it. It has sleigh bells in the background? Visions of reindeer flying overhead as the snow falls and two lovers smile at one another, destined to be together, but not in the know at the time. The dual vocals really help this song, and the beat is a dancing beat I love the bells in this one because it makes me think of some light snow falling. The vocals sound really nice at the last minute, in fact the whole song just ends really awesome at the last minute, with a nice audience clapping at the end (very light,but any louder and it would probably sound cheesier than it does already; which is not too bad). "My Father Was A Horse" starts with a driving beat and slowsdown, then speeds up a bit as they prepare to jump over that fence. Ok, we made it! A minute and a half they prepare to jump again. Now at times he sounds like both aforementioned vocalists, and others he sounds like himself. I may even think he sounds like another vocalist too. The chorus is the best part of the lyrics: "Now you're running like a deer being hunted /By a boy holding guns in the air/But you don't care!/You're not scared!/You're not there!/I guess you took the easy way out/Now I'm headed home." which at first they started respectful, but with these he is refferred to as basically giving up as it becomes too hard to try anymore. "Lawless River" starts with some nice toy piano. Then gives us and a nice beat and synth, with introspective lyrics "when I'm in the dark, don't follow me around," or maybe not. The two short instrumentals that follow are "New Year's Eve," and "(Surfer's Reprise)" which come to a total of 1:37, but were not just thrown in there with no thought, they both are nice musical additions to this record. "Red House" is a nice song to end a record such as this with a nice driving beat, lovely vocals, and nice synth. I think it's time to just stop, but before we go we must mention the Best Songs: California on My Mind, New Hampshire, Canyon City,Call Home, Heart Attack, Future Towns,The Party (Oh My G_D), My Father was A Horse, New Year's Eve, (Surfer's Reprise). 
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