I donât want to be around when you are gone for good

(Sealed Fate)

Jr. Corduroyâs new album is outright pleasant and unobtrusive. The overly sincere lead singer sounds a lot like most singers we have been hearing for the last few years, and all of the sincere boy-loves-girl songs make him a real dreamboat.

There is a real overall country feel to the album. With a cover featuring cowboys riding off into the horizon and the sounds of a pedal steel, Gone for good seems to be paying homage to country music, although the actual music is a few worlds away from riding on the range. Using an unrelated genre as a sort of launching point, however, gives the group a sort of musical depth.

ãI had a dream I was a cowboy/ with the sun in my eyes,ä he sings the sincerely, his tender voice almost trembling. ãMaybe you were the angel that stood by the fire?ä Who knows what it means, but it sure is dreamy.

Amid the boy loves girl songs, Jr. Corduroy attempts a modern folk anthem that falls a little flat.

ãI can feel the dirt on the farmers hand/ and the aches of the joints of the working man,ä he spouts off, getting riled up for the first and last time on the album. Then he goes on about how all ãyouä do is hate and waste his time. The whole time, you just wonder whatâs going on, and if heâs mad at the man or old people or what. Who knows what it means, and it sure isnât dreamy.

All in all, the album is something to put in the background on a quiet Sunday afternoon, except, of course, for that modern folk anthem.