Heartbreak Kids

"I will go and leave forever on the day they find the boy that loves you half as much as I do."

It's no coincidence that the record closes on this particular note. Despite Chip's unrelenting theme, there is never any hint of disenchantment with romance; never any cause to abandon its promise. For all his tear-stained bluster, Hoag makes no threat to bury himself in an emotional bunker -- a glint of hope still burning just beneath the scarred shell.

Susan Jordan

Let's talk about girls: The members of Pollen, from left, Kevin Scanlon, Bob Hoag, Dan Hargest, Chris Serafini and Mike Bennett.

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And as the dawn turns to day, and the office fills with the sounds of the workaday week, it is in that which I find the dénouement. Emotions spared and feelings soothed, once again I've found solace buried in the grooves of a record and comfort in the arms of rock 'n' roll.

Pollen'sChip will be released on Tuesday, February 22, from Fueled by Ramen Records.