Reggie and the Full Effect is the product of mastermind James Dewees, former keyboardist of emo icons the Get Up Kids and drummer for metalcore heavyweights Coalesce. The multi-talented musician began RATFE as just a side project and laced his sugary lyrics with bouncy, synth-driven melodies that tend to get stuck in your head.

Lighthearted and playful, RATFE albums play like a Dewees-only inside joke that he manages to let everyone in on: Greatest Hits 1984-1987 was actually RATFE's very first album. The second disc was titled Promotional Copy, which confused music stores into sending shipments back (probably not a good idea from a record sales standpoint). The third album Under the Tray, "hid" the CD from buyers by placing it under the tray (duh!). And the fourth album was called Songs Not To Get Married To -- decidedly Dewees' most serious album, which he wrote during his bitter divorce (he later told AMP magazine that the seriousness is the joke, whatever that means).

Now, four albums later, Dewees is back -- but he's not laughing anymore. Well, not as much anyway. He gave Alternative Press details on his newest (and still laughably-titled) album Last Stop: Crappy Town:

"I think everyone can relate to the fact that sometimes being funny all the time just isn't fun all the time ... Don't think for a sec that the goofy James is gone, just ask my wife. She is up to her ears in goofy every day of the week."

"I'm 32 years old and fortunate enough to have been a part of this scene pretty much from the old days of $5 10-band basement shows with Jimmy Eat World and Jejune. In summary, I like this record a lot because it pulls from the last 13 years of my life. I hope you enjoy it too."

The new disc is out on June 17 on Vagrant Records. Until then, enjoy a video from Reggie and the Full Effect's last album, which features an intoxicated, heart-broken Loch Ness monster roaming the streets: