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“A Flight And A Crash” was the predecessor here from 2001 and had a few more angles to grip onto or slip off of; a few more terms to fabricate with connect the dot song titles and maybe an extra beat or two to confound the casual.  Overall “Caution” is more Rock than any of a number of well coined terms to describe such Indie-trained vets aiming for a wider spread acceptance—“Trusty Chords,” “I Was On A Mountain,” “The Sense,” (off the wagon and highly addictive)—all great reasons to lift an ear, nod a head, tap a foot, tap a keg, whatever… there’ll be no more topical guesswork or hard to follow arrangements, only low to the ground tunes with a Punk edge and some frighteningly catchy verses.  

Typical of peer group protégés tightening their structural reigns concerning listenability furthering efficient labeling etiquette—Avail, LTJ, Millencolin, Strung Out—there’s more groove to latch onto still among busier guitar lead ins, dual vocal kick outs, and the occasional nail across the blackboard drum beat bug out—“We’ll Say Anything We Want.”  “Wayfarer” follows, as if anything could, and flies with a typically “Punk” rousing but sorry, it’s crying for the B-side; And then there’s “The End” which finishes strong in an anthemically sound, cry out in self-doubt sort of way.  

I’m sold.