Frontman Mac McCaughan has a slightly aged rasp, but his iconic indie rock band is in classic form from the opening riff of barn-burner "Learned To Surf." Things get even more reminiscent of their classic 1991 LP ON THE MOUTH during the tambourine-led fervor of "Misfits & Mistakes." "Screw It Up" and "Knock Knock Knock" have the mid-tempo-verse-meets-propulsive-chorus formula that worked so well on mid-'90s classics like FOOLISH, while things close out with the immediate nostalgia of an acoustic "Surf." They took nearly a decade off, but LEAVES gives fans the most inspired Chunk tunes since INDOOR LIVING.