The new Paul Spencer & The Maxines album, entitled"Whatever Forever and Ever", is the sound of a band immersed in 70's AM radio rock."I Was Doing Great (Before I Met You)" and"Rite On Time" are both steeped in 12-String Rickenbackers, tambourines and Beatlesque harmonies - the first sounding like Tom Petty circa '78, while"Rite On Time" is pure Byrds jingle-jangle folk rock. A tasteful cover of John Lennon's"Jealous Guy" uses a Mellotron to great effect, while horns give the rocker"Crash City" a Quadrophenia-era Who feel."Summer In the Spring","Burning Up from the Inside" and"Top of My Head, Bottom of My Soul" combine acoustic guitar, slide guitar, Fender Rhodes and strings to create a wall of sound that is very 70s - at times, it recalls some of the work of Al Stewart and Paul Simon from that decade."The Calm After the Storm" is sprinkled with psychedelia and has an Eastern-tinged bridge; Paul Opalach's backwards guitar solo is a sonic beauty and one of the record's highlights.The calypso-flavored"Double Tunnel Vision" is a light fun tune;"No Good Reason" is drenched in bluesy Americana, while the catchy"Project Serpo" manages to fuse Beach Boys-style harmonies with theremin sounds.Skillfully produced by Opalach,"Whatever Forever and Ever" is the type of album that tends to reveal its charms over repeated listens. Displaying many influences, a few of which were hinted on the EP"Either Sunset or Sunrise", it also shows a band unafraid of experimentation.