An aggressively cerebral power trio with '70s-ish prog-rock undertones, the band was one of a handful of young acts, and the only Texas outfit, signed to the resurgent Ardent label.
From the AOR-friendly lick that drives the CD opening "Drop Dead" to the grand scale psychedelia of "One of Hazy Days," Spot takes the trendy and untrendy alike to task, stirring in measured amounts of post-grunge anguish to keep its art school cleverness from coming off as dated.