Vue   (Written for Nude as the News by A.K. Gold)
Find Your Home
Sub Pop, 2001
Rating: 8.5

Sometimes you stumble upon a record that just makes you want to dance or make out with someone. Vue's second full-length release, Find Your Home, is exactly that kind of record. And on opener "Hitchhiking," Jessica Ann Graves' simple, poppy keyboard lines blend with layers of Jonah Buffa's macho shredding guitars, Rafael Orlin's chugging drum beat and dynamic symbol crashes to solidify the ecstatic catchiness of the track.

The band's compelling rock and roll sound becomes even more apparent on "Falling Through a Window," when lead singer Rex Shelverton's Mick Jagger-like voice pleads atop a Doors-inspired organ part. The only real dud comes in the form of "Miss Fletcher Blues," which sounds like so much of the non-sensical, non-musical shit that ends up on indie records when bands are allowed to aimlessly futz around with the knobs in the studio.

Overall, though, Find Your Home is 32 minutes of punk-tinged, blues-inspired, sexually charged rock and roll worthy of any television commercial, hipster party or at-home make out session.