With a name like Mumm-Ra you really want this band to be good. You want face-melting riffs and mystical epics worthy of Thundercats. What you get is a collection of bouncy, teenage indie-pop with inoffensive, emotional lyrics and expensive production. It's exactly the territory that major labels are occupying at the moment and for that reason alone should appeal to kids. You can't deny the happy-go-lucky feel of this record, but after a few tracks it gets annoying. There's some clever guitar work, but it's never allowed to breathe long enough before it's battered into submission by another poptastic chorus. Much of what was good has already been recycled from past music. Mumm-Ra take a few influences and mix them together to create a decent debut, but like so many debuts the production sounds rushed. There's no real depth here, but it's passable enough for a few spins on the car stereo. [Chris Bathgate]