Pure musical energy emanates from debut album

The All-American Rejects aren't helping to revolutionize a brand new genre of music. In fact, the band's basic sound, a sort of rock/pop concoction, is very similar to that of Weezer or Green Day. But the band manages to break into their own musical space, placing a youthfully optimistic spin on love and life. \nUpon first listening to the group's self-titled debut, one might discern that these young men are geeky, love-scorned, damaged goods, looking to gripe about their problems through song. A deeper listen reveals a certain mature sincerity in the way lead singer and bass player, Tyson Ritter, sings about love. At times, Ritter's vocal style sweeps into a whiney adolescent rant, especially on the hooks, but nobody's perfect. The chemistry of the musicians definitely works to the band's advantage, adding organ, chimes and synthesizer to traditional rock bedfellows of bass, guitar, keyboards and percussion.\nDon't listen to the lyrics and expect to retain any sort of deep, introspective meaning on your love life or the war in Iraq, but do expect to come out from under your headphones energized from musical caffeine.