Harmacy (1996)

True, 1994's brilliant Bakesale would be a tough yardstick by which to measure anyone, but for the first time in their seven-year career, indie rock's most promising trio release an album that isn't a vast creative leap over the one that preceded it. Harmacy does boast a few of the crystal, shining, forever moments with which Bakesale was loaded; the overall effect, though, is one of a band stuck in an above-average rut. B-