Parker Woodland is a band. Erin Walters is the singer, and she's joined by Andrew Solin and Keri Cinquina. The trio powers through a wide range of raggedy power pop that recalls the Bangs and Scrawl and (insert your favorite 90s female-led power-pop act here).

Parker Woodland There's No Such Thing As Time (Flak Records)

Sometimes sweet, often sarcastic and pretty much always in motion, Parker Woodland creates an emotional whipsaw as it blazes through the ten songs of this set in a bit more than a half hour. Every once in while a truly anthemic chorus seems in the offing, but generally the band backs off into more intriguing introspective corners.

The band has a lot to say. Maybe a bit too much, though I'm always up for ambition. These songs wander through so many moods that it's difficult to really identify an identifiable, coherent sound. Rather, the entire set is the story. Taken collectively, these songs paint a picture of an active (and activist) mind raging at a world that truly doesn't give a shit.

A call to action, this is not. It's more of an expression of anger and befuddlement, like an awful lot of us of any age. These days, singles are the thing. That's not the case here. These are solid songs, but they mean a lot more as part of the whole. Most accomplished for a first album. Worthy of more than a few wry smiles.