CD. Take Weston around the time they released Got Beat Up (i.e. back when Weston was good) take out all the heartbroken rainy day Charlie Brown gets a valentine -esque lyrics and take out all the slap-happy nerd pop riffs and add a little bit of God-fearing bible-thumping vows. That pretty much describes The Juliana Theory. But just because these guys sound a bit more grown up than your average pop-punk band doesn t make them as appealing as turning 40; nor do they shove God down your throat (the fact that they re on Tooth and Nail is the only significance of the Theory being a bunch of Christians). The Juliana Theory have a better grasp on how to deal with breaking up with a loved one rather than sitting around and feeling sorry for themselves; whining isn t mentioned in their mission statement (or it wouldn t be if they actually written one). Just crisp clear and bouncy but not to the point where Understand This Is a Dream crosses that line of over-produced boring and overly structured. ~ Mike DaRonco Rovi