Five years after The Dwellers excellent, though largely ignored, EMI Records debut Whatever Makes You Happy, Before You Save the World finds the band, now called simply Dweller with a few new members but the same gritty and expertly crafted rock. Leader/frontman John Andriani's radio-ready songwriting chops are completely intact, making it doubly unfortunate that Dweller was dropped from EMI, effectively negating a great album's opportunities for mass airplay. Surprisingly though, considering it's self-released, this record is actually a hair slicker and poppier than the group's first effort. That said, Before You Save the World retains all of the T-Rex/Cheap Trick/New York Dolls nastiness that made the debut such a pleasure, plus adds a dose of the kind of maturity and wistful melancholy that only experience and hard luck can produce. Stand out tracks include the title cut, which is a sweeping "All the Young Dudes" or "Let it Be" style ballad, and "If I Were Superman," the perfect red-caped rocker for those