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Welcome Interstate Managers. Fountains Of Wayne. Released in Mexican Wine. Bright Future In Sales. Stacy's Mom.. Fountains Of Wayne May 10, — ," in which he imagines an emergency phone number that songwriters can call for Fountains of Wayne-endorsed tips. To be fair, the first single, "Stacy's Mom", aims for king of the hill, but its routine pacing keeps it from breaking away from the pack-- even if the crystalline harmonies during the chorus are worth noting.

And ballads like "Valley Winter Song" and the upbeat, acoustic "Hey Julie" might find themselves dead in the water without their clever vocal pairings-- the kind Fountains of Wayne have falling out their back pockets. Even when the instrumentation gets stale "Little Red Light" and the Ben Folds Five redux "Fire Island" are prime offenders , the creamy, chocolate-covered melodies are there to offer up a little redemption.

I like TastyCakes. They're sugary, they're bad for me, but I like them. I wouldn't eat a boxful of them in one go, though; too much of a good thing, as someone who's probably dead once said. That's the biggest problem with Welcome Interstate Managers , and in many ways the entire Fountains of Wayne catalog.

I don't fault the band for being disposable; on the contrary, these guys are so in love with being disposable that you can't help but have fun. And although the lyrics to "Halley's Waitress" are nothing less than moronic, the 70s power ballad trappings are straight-up masterful.

Still, Fountains of Wayne are guilty of taking themselves a bit too seriously here, or at least trying to prove their legitimacy, when they should be goofing around. Ditto the god-awful "Peace and Love"; I really can't tell if they're making fun of hippies or giving them a big sloppy kiss, but the track stretches the band's magic so thin, I seriously considered starting a band just so I could quit in disgust.