Meet Travis Meeks. Travis Meeks likes the name of his band so much that he made its first two albums self-titled.

Travis Meeks wasn’t happy with his band, so he dismissed many of the original bandmembers and put himself in the sole spotlight. He hired some back-up guys and put out “Days of the New” Part II. It didn’t do as well as his Pearl Jam-esque, post-grunge first solo album, so now he’s trying it again - alone.

Enter (drum roll) “Days of the New” Part III.

To help you distinguish between them, the first album was orange, the second green and now, ooh, red.

There is no mistaking that Meeks wants to be the center of attention.

The question is now that the spotlight shines solely on you, Travis, what if you turned-out another subpar, generic, anything-but-revolutionary self-titled album? Who will you blame this time since you have no more bandmembers to fire?

Good question.

The answer? He has nobody to blame for himself for putting out exactly that: another subpar, generic album that shares nothing with Days of the New’s first self-titled album from 1997.

That first self-titled album, the orange one, went on to sell more than 1.5 million copies worldwide. The single, “Touch, Peel and Stand” spent 17 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s active Rock Chart.

Hope it enjoyed the success.

There’s very little variation to the songs on this one album (talking about the red one here again, I apologize if I lose you in all this self-titled madness).

There are also few highlights. How few? Notice that there aren’t any “be sure to check out this track” in this review? None of the songs stick out as being great, however, there are bits and pieces of songs that I guess you could consider highlights. If you are desperate to claim such things exist on the album.

Now that’s not to say this album is awful. It is, as previously mentioned, a very straight forward Days of the New effort.

The songs all have a similar feel to the previous works, and it is clear, if you didn’t take Meeks’ word for it, that he was in charge of the shots since the band’s beginning.

And the album does sound fairly professional considering it’s not on a major label. It’s clear Meeks knows how to arrange and layer voices and acoustic guitars, but will you really like what’s underneath it?

The songs don’t really live up to the hype that Meeks has set about himself, and this disc will undoubtedly find itself in the bargain bins of many used record shops.

If you’re a huge fan of Days of the New’s earlier workings, by all means, pick this up.

If you’re looking for ground-breaking new music, I recommended you pass.