Produced by 3X Dove Award-winner, Masaki Liu (Moby, Switchfoot, Matisyahu, Five Iron Frenzy), Griswald's debut album, The Goods, catches you off-guard. For starters, it sounds a lot more like a major-label production than an indie. But it's the diversity of moods and styles captured on this band's first endeavor that does the surprising. From the insightful vocals, happy melodies, and pulsing rhythms of the title track, the theme of the album is set. From there, comes a commanding mix of musicianship and rebelliousness with "Sign of the Times," "Phoddey Wadda," and "Drop." The recording then steers toward provocative and anthemic, but remains a consistent genre-blender with "Drone," "Timeline Superhighway," "Plastic," and "Lotus." The group then cements their passion for dynamics and concludes powerfully with the ethereal, "Stranger Somewhere." From urging you to transcend the mundane, to hinting you simply smile and take a look around,...