"Plastic Jeebus" sounds like it'll be a goodie for sure. There's some stuff they're playing around with in this one that they've never even come close to before, and they still manage to mix it up and bring it back home to good hard Wildies.
I'm not sure yet how I feel about "The Only One". I think Scott's voice works fine for this one. A nice "regular joe" style of singing. It just might be a little sappy lovey dovey for me.
"John Of Violence" looks like it'll shape up to be quite anthemic. I liked everything I heard. Nice harmony stuff... advanced harmony, too... not the elementary stuff we've been hearing lately.
"You Are Proof" does sound like a modern emo-ish punk band. I could hear someone like Plain White Tee's doing something like that. It sounded good to me... a little weird, but good. The only thing I don't like about that song at this point is the title. Yeah... definitely hate the title.
"Tim Smith" There wasn't much I could tell from the sample here. The instrumental stuff was good. The lyrics are great... but the delivery might be a little harsh. But that'll depend entirely upon what happens during the chorus. This could be a real winner or... it might not. I'll have to hear the rest.
"Low Energy Vortex" sounds really great. Heavy and choppy riffs going on under a singy-songy (almost nursery rhyme) melody. Very energetic while still catchy. This will almost definitely be a favorite of mine.
"You Took The Sunshine" wasn't as bad as I expected it to be. It's another title I winced at when I first heard it. I expected it to be something that sounded more like it should've been on one of the solo albums. It's still a little bit love-songy for my tastes, but I heard some interesting chord-changes in there that brought it at least a step or two higher on the scale than some of the Must Be Destroyed stuff. I hate it when my rock stars grow up and fall in love and have kids and stuff.
"Mazel Tov" was good, but didn't jump out at me... except for some lyrics (which I've forgotten already) that, at the time, made me think "Hey... those sounded like PHUQ-era lyrics". Some indefinable spark that hasn't been there for a long time.
I have to say... and not to be contrary, but the more I listen, the more excited I'm becoming about "Chtuzpah". The aggressive part is just the right kind of aggressive that I want from The Wildhearts, and the vocoder stuff in the chorus is exactly the kind of goofy and experimental (yet wildly melodic and catchy) stuff I want from them. From the little bit I've heard it sounds like it could easily end up being a top-five favorite Wildhearts (or anyone) song for me.
Hmm interesting different again to The Wildhearts which to me is on par with Earth Vs I await with interest