slang in my white T, I bang in my white T, I play in a wimpy emo band in my white T...what? Oh, alright...So Plain White T's, who apparently have nothing to do with Dem Franchize Boyz, are a Warped Tour-type band, who are currently performing this summer on the Warped Tour, natch. Their breakout hit is an acoustic ballad called "Hey There Delilah," and their press materials boast "1.4 million Myspace profile views," although that number has actually since doubled. Seriously, what's wrong with kids today? Emo this and emo that. C'mon, even Green Day had a dozen fast, snotty hits before they dropped "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)." A better point of comparison for the completely emasculated crowd-pleaser that is “"Hey There,” though, might be Extreme's "More Than Words."

The second Plain White T's album, All That We Needed, was released way back in early 2005. And when the token sensitive slowie at the end of the album took off as a fan favorite, the slow build of "Hey There Delilah" motivated the band and their label to shoot a video and throw together an EP, with four new songs bookended by two versions of "Hey There Delilah." The first is more or less identical to the album version, with some syrupy strings dubbed over it. And the EP closes with a live recording, which reportedly captures "1,000 fans singing along" with the same campfire reverence as the marketing coup that was Dashboard Confessional's MTV Unplugged. Frontman Tom Higgenson's promise that "someday I'll pay the bills with this guitar" has become a self-fulfilling prophecy because of this dull, cloying song.

The enhanced section of the CD features videos for three songs from All That We Needed, including "Hey There Delilah," and the other two videos go a little further to explaining the band's popularity. "All That We Needed" is as spirited and anthemic as any of Jimmy Eat World's hits, and the "Take Me Away" video takes the comparison a step further by including more gratuitous shots of teenage girls in their underwear than "The Middle." Unfortunately, none of the four new songs on the Hey There Delilah EP are on par with "All That We Needed," although "Down the Road" is decent enough. But it's probably a good thing that Plain White T's didn't waste any potential hits on this release, since it's just a scam to piggyback their last hit until a new album is ready.