3eb’s major comeback

The much-anticipated “Ursa Major” has been six years in production and has now finally delivered despite some major delays.

Though the overly popish songs “Can You Take Me” and “Don’t Believe a Word” fail to live up to popular anthems like “Semi-Charmed Life” and “Jumper,” don’t let that throw you.

Once “About to Break” blows into heavy distortion with a beautifully layered guitar solo and then soars into raw background vocals screaming “Break like a fever,” you’ll recognize that its one of Third Eye Blind’s finest. After that, “Major” balances political moments with the usual love-gained-and-lost themes to create a great overall effort.

Something about this album is nostalgic. Maybe it’s the slow-paced, bittersweet ballads or merely that the group hasn’t been around much since the new millennium.

But as the final instrumental “Carnival Barker” concludes, you’ll be left hanging to realize that these guys were not some ’90s pop-rock band that faded away, but something much deeper