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Pot more mfonnaucn or to mfotm us of your special needs, please call the Jordan Office at 845-8770 or come vusit us m MSC 223-1, 'hear you gave the world a brand new voice,” Art Alex- .akis sings on Everclear’s sec ond major-label effort, So Much for the Afterglow, “Such a happy melody with a new wave whine / Yeah, I see you hide behind your own noise.” Intentionally or not, he sets him self up big time. Alexakis’ self-depre cating, brutal lyrics are one of the many risks the erstwhile indie- grunge band takes on its new album. More or less, the risks pay off. The album opens with an a cappella vo cal harmony that bears more than a passing resemblance to a Beach Boys tune. Gimmicks like that might make the listener wonder, but they are at least interesting enough to suggest that Everclear is defying the musical stasis that seems to be haunting like-minded Pacific North west bands. The most striking difference be tween So Much for the Afterglow and its predecessor, Sparkle and Fade, is the disappearance of the grinding feedback that helped define die grunge scene of the early ’90s. In its place are jangly, staccato guitars, in tegrating the Minneapolis, Minn., and Athens, Ga., sounds of the ’80s. Alexakis even breaks out the banjo and mandolin on songs like “Why I Don’t Believe in God,” an interesting, if ill-advised, instrumental choice. Everclear still knows how to write a melody and hook, even if it is not always strikingly original. There is nothing in the first single, “Every thing to Everyone,” that will distin guish it from any other gnitar-orient- ed alternative outfit, proof that even the most adventuresome of bands will only take so many chances. Alexakis’ lyrics have never been braver. At times, his emotional can didness reminds the listener of that strange guy at the bar who insists on telling everyone about his divorce. But in an age of obtuse, intentionally vague songwriting, his honesty can be a breath of fresh air. In “Normal Like You,” the album’s higlilight, Alexakis sings, “You wouldn’t even know me / Since you went away/ The Prozac doesn’t do it for me anymore.” The singer has been open: his battles with clinical depress! and heroin addiction, and the) a stark account of youthful entj and alienation. Perhaps most interesting,! is the album’s closing track," California King,” a songAlexal claims ire wrote about himsdi “What makes you thinkyouarsy ter?” he growls at the song’senc “What makes you thinkyouati complete? / What makes you tr| you are the only one immune: falling down?” It is this vulnerability that iL Alexakis and Everclear occasicm fascinating to listen to. Can indie-rock survive the: ly-defined media circus thatk grunge? That is the $64,000que At the very least, Everclearha>: guts to ask it. 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