"Settle On Your Name" is the next track, which is dark and moody before bursting into fuzzy, jangly, loud and angry guitar melodies. It's followed by "Tired of Me Now," with lots of twang and a lap steel guitar. After the brief "Bells," I very much enjoyed "Paris" and its pop/folk sound.

Anna, who is mentioned in the first track, gets her own song in "Anna," a twangy bit about death, which is followed by the nature-inspired, brief "Thunder." Rounding out the remaining tracks are the pretty, soft "Hell Has Come With Me"; the alt/country, catchy, Wilco-y "Fall," which makes great use of horns; the briefest of brief, gulp of air and background noise "Distance"; the magical, swirly-sounding, organ-filled "Always in the Fire"; and the lovely and upbeat "Our Carnival," of which the words are not as bright as the sparkly melody.

Debiak has admitted that he writes songs partially because he can't make movies, which could explain the attempt at cohesive storytelling that seems to fall short through his music and lyrics alone. However, as he says in a Myspace bulletin: "Every record I have done as Sleep Station has been thematic in its nature, not trying to tell a story but just create a mood."

In that case, Debiak is successful, as the mood I felt when I finished listening to The Pride of Chester James was one of puzzled enjoyment--I really dug the music, as long as I didn't try to piece the songs together into a story.