There are a few things we have come to love about indie-pop mascots Rheostatics over the years.

One is that they're quintessentially Canadian: They're smart, quirky, creative, love their country and have a skewed sense of humour, but they don't run around pumping their fists, beating their chests or tooting their own horn.

The other is that we seldom know what the hell they're talking about. Take the Etobicoke outfit's dozenth full-length. It's called 2067, apparently after the eventual 100th birthday of one of its members. Its artwork consists of a series of bizarre stamps. It has songs inspired by characters from WKRP and the pathetic state of Ozzy Osbourne.

Oh sure, there are some familiar 'Statics elements. Singer-guitarist Dave Bidini offers up more quietly patriotic travelogues to the Great White North like Polar Bears and Trees. His falsetto-voiced compadre Martin Tielli brings forth more of his weirdness and self-loathing with tunes like The Tarleks and lyrics like, "Everyone hates you, you sing like a woman." And the typically eclectic music menu bounces willy-nilly between jazz, electronica, roots and the boys' ever-loving indie-pop -- all swirled together with post-psychedelic aplomb by longtime pal Michael Phillip Wojewoda, now upgraded to full-fledged membership.

Not that anyone would notice any of this -- after 12 albums and a couple of decades on the scene, Rheostatics remain woefully ignored in their homeland even as they place their own bizarre stamp upon its culture. And what could be more Canadian than that?

You gotta love it.

Track Listing
1. Shack In The Cornfields
2. Little Bird, Little Bird
3. Marginalized
4. Tarleks
5. Power Ballad For Ozzie Osbourne
6. I Dig Music
7. Here Comes The Image
8. Who Is This Man, And Why Is He Laughing?
9. Latest Attempt On Your Life
10. Polar Bears & Trees
11. Making Progress
12. Try To Praise This Mutilated World