Nationwide isn't too different from previous Rockfour releases, and it's still highly reminiscent of much late-'60s pop-psychedelia, usually of the British sort. That's okay -- when you do retro-indebted sounds as well as Rockfour does, the many spottable influences aren't a source of annoyance, as they are for such a high percentage of bands that take their cues from a prior era. It should be said that very few groups have done Beatlesesque (late-'60s period) harmonies as well as Rockfour (particularly on parts of "Nationwide"), and it's good news that so many of them are on this disc. If you want a more obscure reference point -- obscure to much of the general public, at any rate, if not the kind of hipped-in collectors predisposed to like a band such as Rockfour -- it's hard to imagine that anyone who likes the S.F. Sorrow-era Pretty Things won't like this, or like the haunting track "Candlelight," in particular. Something else that distinguishes the group from others with similar grounding -- and something that might find them some favor with critics and listeners who are usually dismissive of bands with these leanings -- is the rather tense, probing mood of many of their arrangements and lyrics, which stand in opposition to the too-cheerful inclinations of more power-poppish outfits. In a lighter vein, "Have a Good One" recalls the late-'60s Beatles in their mellower interludes, while "Moving Fast"'s drum sound convincingly emulates the most thwacking beats of The White Album. A few more standout tunes on the order of "Candlelight" would have gotten the band over the hump to a new level, but certainly it's a satisfying record. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide
1. Honey
2. Nationwide
3. Next Monroe
4. Candlelight
5. To the End
6. Mad Routine
7. Have a Good One
8. You Said
9. Fuzzy White
10. I Can Read You Now
11. Crush on Subtitles
12. Moving Fast
13. Much More to Offer
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