Lead by singer/keyboardist (and yes, MCB columnist ) Bohb Blair, Stay Foolish, Stay Hungry creates some great moments with tracks like “Whistler” and the upbeat acoustic track “Part Of Being Bad.” Choruses of tracks like “Show Me What You’re Made Of” mixes a bit of the Polyphonic Spree and Flaming Lips. Compared to past records, “Stay Foolish, Stay Hungry” ups the ante as far as instrumentation and string melodies go, none more prevelant than tracks like the violin-enhanced “Perfect For A Girl.”

By recruiting Chicago musicians Max Crawford on horns and Susan Voelz on violins, the band has expanded their sound from previous efforts. Even if the band’s puzzling band bio at www.bicycletricycle.com doesn’t flow much, the band’s sound melded quite well from one song to another. The production value is top notch; more impressive for a band without a label behind them at the moment.

The band has even added a You Tube channel of the band’s videos throughout the years. Blair’s self-declared attitude of having Brian Eno’s vision mixed with Phil Spector’s behavior may be half right: There are flares of Eno’s work in the 70s here, but he’s presumably not shooting off guns and having strange over the hill starlets ending up dead in his home.

Stay Foolish, Stay Hungry may be the band’s finest album to date. It's an enjoyable and superiorly catchy record that can make a strong case for the indie rock scene in Chicago and beyond.