But not everything on this album reeks of 25-cents-a-gallon gas. The country hues of "Time Has You" reverberate across a valley of malls -- similar to the one traversed by Fountains of Wayne on Utopia Parkway. The band manages to kick a bit of sand off the face of beach rock on "Project 11," and it's no surprise that it does it well, given that the Wondermints first earned recognition as Brian Wilson's backing band during his live Pet Sounds extravaganza. "Listen" and "So Nice" decelerate the album to an obligatory slow-ballad crawl, with waves of ivory tickling washing over vivid Beach Boys vocalizations. Mind If We Make Love to You is the nostalgic pair of pants long lost in the back of the closet but without the stench of mothballs.