When asked about the album’s quality, an anonymous listener responded, “There are songs on it,” and “it’s easy to walk away from.”

Hanson, the chord of three brothers from Tulsa, Okla. is making its way to Milwaukee’s own Rave on April 11.

The band, along with their wives and children, has been on the road for months, touring in support of “The Walk,” their 2007 studio album.

What many critics have called, “their most daring endeavor thus far,” turns out to be the same ordinary pop everyone else is making.

Despite the ordinary pop sound, “The Walk” is an obvious departure from their 1997 chart-topping debut, “Middle of Nowhere.”

To the delight of avid fans around the globe, the album boasts a stock of 17 tracks and liner notes packed with photos of the band having fun in the studio and romping around on a hillside.

When asked about the album’s quality, an anonymous listener responded, “There are songs on it,” and “it’s easy to walk away from.” The anonymous listener also added that he liked that they’ve stuck with the same symbol, “cause its really awesome looking.”

For many months now, the new single “Great Divide” has been tearing up the radio waves with hooks the size of Muskie lures and for a moment it seemed as though Hanson had progressed lyrically from singing things that aren’t words, but even that hope was smashed.

Imagine for a moment, Taylor Hanson is in the studio hard at work writing the next great hit, he leaves the room and you sneak a peak at his lyric sheet for the song “Great Divide” only to find “Whoa, ooo, ooo, ooo ooo. Whoa, ooo, ooo, ooo ooo. Whoa, ooo, ooo, ooo ooo. And we’re gone. And we’re gone. And we’re, holding on.”

From its tight rhythms, to its signature three part harmonies, “The Walk” is an ordinary, yet respectable album in which Hanson seems to be telling critics and fans, “You can’t live in the past forever. ‘MmmBop’ was awesome, but we have facial hair now and wives. We need to branch out.”

In regard to Hanson’s somewhat recent effort, there’s only one important question to consider: What kind of androgynous being would be spawned if it were possible for Marilyn Manson and Taylor Hanson to create offspring?

One thing is for sure, it would be one talented monstrosity of a progeny. Can you say, Richard Simmons sweating the oldies?

If you’re looking to establish an affinity for Hanson’s music and you miss the show at The Rave, you may have to wait for their fifth studio release.

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