By Heath McLeod
Ben Kweller’s lack of creativity and insufferable lyrics are well displayed on his debut album Sha Sha. A motley mix of folk and pop-rock using pianos and violins, the album maintains an decent overall sound. Kweller’s contentedly lazy voice on “How It Should Be” produces a catchy tune, while on “Wasted and Ready” he shows a harder edge that isn’t often heard on the album. Kweller’s youth shows through on the song “No Reason,” with nonsensical lyrics about “blowing shit up” and how “there’s people meeting on Mars.” Casually listening while doing other things, Sha Sha makes for great background music. However, digging into his music any further may, in the words of Kweller, “make you cry mega ultra sad.”