When the Tomatoes started as the Joneses, having a sound and lyrics rooted in late 1970s British punk and new wave was entertaining and charming, if a little anachronistic. Now, five or so years later, the band is more professional and more intense, but Will Burdette is still writing songs about “the kids” and “the boys and girls”—broad, sloganeering songs that seem to speak of a teenage revolution. Who are the kids going to fight? The radio and, ummm, other stuff? Maybe whoever is kicking them in the shins in the Nine Inch Nails-like closing track? Time, the media and an ocean between countries may have kept some in America from realizing that Generation X’s “Your Generation” was never taken seriously as a political statement, and that Billy Idol was always a pop star. The best punk said more and said it with more personality. As punk-pop, Trendy is musically fine, and “Teenage Roosevelt” is winningly snotty, but “Kicking You in the Shins” is far more distinctive, and it really sounds like the direction the Tomatoes should be pursue.