When will daemon Wilson be demoted from genius to hack? Maybe four songs and 16 seconds into his new album. Soaring sunny harmonies are nice, but after 45 geezerhood they can�t turn �Good Kind of Love� into gold (though they could make it an likeable radio jangle or a decent �80s sitcom topic). And earnestly, Brian, it�s getting creepy that you�re still vocalizing about slight surfer girls. That said, Wilson canful occasionally nail the California sound he invented. �Morning Beat� is the prototype of that �60s symphony-in-a-song thing. The surprisingly autobiographic �Going Home� (lots of �Sun� songs dip into Wilson�s back story) mashes hot gat rock and polished �Pet Sounds� choruses. Yes, frequent collaborator Van Dyke Parks� poetic interludes stall the momentum with tired pop philosophy, just even they contain a few brilliant couplets (�There�s an old smudge of a beatnik by the bay/Lookin� like a hot dog whose had his day�). Download: �Morning Beat.�
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