New name. New tunes. Same funky, hook-laden vibe.

For years, Dramatic Oil Company performed infectiously popular cover songs as Furious Styles, which certainly served the group well. Some groove-worthy elements of other artists' chart-toppers seem to have rubbed off on the band's debut disc of original music.

Stylistically, Dramoco's quirky sound teeters somewhere around Ben Folds before he ditched the Five, Matthew Sweet or even the Irish acoustic-funksters Jump, Little Children.

The new disc, titled Furious Styles in honor of Dramoco's former name, presents straightforward college rock minus the usual accompanying whine. It's eight tracks of unpretentious lyrics, harmonies that flow and bite-sized musical nuggets that breezily fuse pop, funk and rock. The studio-produced album sounds coherent and professional enough but maintains that spontaneous jam vibe perfected by years of live performances.

Tracks range from the reggae-esque adrenaline rush of "Fifteen Minutes," to the sprawling, blues-influenced "Gospel of Trent." The potential hit, however, is "The Good Life," which is not a cover of the Weezer song by the same name, but an energetic tune with a killer guitar solo and a head-bopping chorus.