This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Make that Chapter 1, Pt. 2.
For those who aren’t teenage girls, The Moffatts are Canada’s entry in the global boy-band craze. And this disc is actually a rerelease of their 1998 CD, augmented with four new tracks produced by Glen Ballard, who helped make a star of another Canadian teenybopper — some gal named Alanis. While it’s doubtful that sort of lightning will strike these brothers, Ballard’s hand has helped them create tracks edgier and rockier than the typical teen-beat candy floss. Yes, their older stuff is the usual lite-rock mush about how much they want, need and miss you, girl, but the newer forays into chunky power pop, acoustic angst and even garage-y grunge suggest it may be worth checking out Chapter 2 in the Moffatts’ saga.
