During Weezer’s hiatus in the late 1990s, drummer Patrick Wilson’s ennui motivated him to form the Special Goodness, a side-project featuring himself on vocals and guitar with Moth’s Atom Willard drumming. Considering the stripped-down “geek rock” lineup, it’s no surprise that Land Air Sea, the Special Goodness’ second album, offers distilled power-pop… or maybe punk-pop… or perhaps we should just call it indie rock. The truth is that so much of this style of music exists nowadays that correctly classifying it by genre becomes difficult. The Special Goodness is no exception.

One day, the world may realize that only so much can be accomplished with an electric guitar, drums, bass and vocals. A sense of d

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