Fountains of Wayne are eternal schoolboys at the institution of power pop, earnestly channeling the slick hooks and charming lyrical anecdotes of their guitar-slinging forebears. Their songs are adorned with the kind of candy-coated synths that The Cars so masterfully deployed, a sardonic sense of humor that Nick Lowe and XTC would appreciate, and a geeky joie de vivre that is pure They Might Be Giants.