nosmiles agrees: This is not an album to simply throw on for background music. It is a fully interactive experience. Alright, I don't want to sound too overdramatic, but this is music. Real, pure music. With creative sounds, original ideas, and ravishing emotions.

Hey Mercedey's sound is guitar driven; the drum fills are awesome; and Bob Nanna provides beautiful vocal dynamics, as well as beautiful lyrics. The lyrics themselves are musical art. The pertain to the title, yet they don't. They're poetry, yet sound good sung. It's abstract, without going out on a limb. Although the lyrics are wonderfully executed, they are not the main focus of the songs. The music, especially the witty guitars, are the backbone and focal point of the songs. Unlike mainstream so-called music, the lyrics are not the main attraction in any Hey Mercedes song.

The lyrics are quite attention getting. They are not catchy because they have stick-in-your-head harmonies, but because they are dynamically intriguing with word phrases that uniquely stand out. Also, unlike mainstream music, the lyrics aren't quite about one distinct idea. They do not tell stories of lost loves, directly, but indirectly through short phrases, sung unconventionally.

The songs are longer than most, because more happens in them than in most songs. Fortunately, they can pull off this unstructuredness that many other bands of their 'style' fail miserably when tried. From lyrics, to music, to sound, to vocals, to whatever it is, it is great because not only do Hey Mercedes have a magnificent complete, pure sound, but they also have pure ego's free of big-name labels and 'hottie' statuses.

Best Aspect: Everything
Worst Aspect: N/A
Yay: Que Chiraz, Quit, What You're Up Against
Nay: N/A
The hits: N/A
Similar: Braid, Jets To Brazil
Style: Guitar driven melodic passion