The Toadies" debut album is Alternative Rock that doesn"t sound like all the other Alternative Rock out there, mainly because the band has a knack for stringing together simple but devastatingly effective rock hooks. This Fort Worth hard-core quartet serve up a singular brand of punky blues: lots of noisy, guitar-centered songs, and a healthy dose of irony. The album showcases Toadies" ability to explode out of a spare, bass-driven pulse, into a brutal wash of cloudy guitars.