Rob's Best: #29: .moneen. - The Red Tree

Released: April 11, 2006

This album was a sleeper for me.  I listened to it once through and then dismissed it out of hand as overproduced and bland.  But a few months later, I gave it another try and once I realized that they had written a powerful indie rock record instead of the angular punk record I had been expecting, I was able to really sink into it and enjoy some expertly crafted songs.  Plus they're Canadian!  Go team!

Fact: "The Frightening Reality Of The Fact That We Will All Have To Grow Up And Settle Down Some Day" has one of the catchiest choruses of the decade.