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import)  Space is an appropriate title for Autovaughn’s latest
full-length offering, given that it’s all that comes to my head
when trying to come up with a lasting impression of the album. 
This is pretty typical modern radio-rock by way of early ‘80s U2
production: a treble-heavy, almost tinny feel that puts a lot of
emphasis on some decidedly underwhelming guitar parts.  This
isn’t to say that there’s anything inherently wrong with it,
it’s just that there’s not a single exceptional chorus, not a
single profound word sung, not one potential out-of-nowhere hit
single—just 4/4 time signatures, guitars that jangle and strum,
and a vocalist evoking a less dramatic David Bowie.  Opener “One
More Time” is an energetic bit of rock-outery, and closer “Hell
of a Place” is an admirable attempt at “epic” (that is, over-
six-minute) songwriting that gets there by flipping the song
from a mid-tempo snooze into a Franz Ferdinand-esque rock-disco
song, but ev