Information about Atlanta's Lovely Lads is hard to find, which isn't surprising, considering that they were proffering this kind of collegiate sweater rock as late as 1996, almost a full decade after its heyday. "Daytime All Around" features a terrific melancholy chorus which sounds remarkably to my ears like Big Dipper. This likeable disc occasionally gets a bit cranky (as on "Fucking, Fighting, Crying Upstairs"), but is always smart and engaging. I believe they had at least one other album. I think this one stumbled into the store as part of a college radio station spring cleaning; I grabbed it despite it's ugly packaging because I assumed the band's name was a Spinal Tap joke.