For a while there, it felt like “Americana” meant a lot of stomping, clapping, and whistling. And wearing tweed vests. And drinking barrel-aged whiskey. But maybe that was just my impression of it, or maybe it was just a long, dull fever dream. With Trestle, however, Patrick Goddard injects a powerful dose of punk energy back into the genre. Opening track “Tow the Line” reminds me a bit of the Smithereens, and track four, “Please Tell Me Everything Will Be OK” crosses over into Ramones territory. Things get a little quiet and drift into Shins territory with a strong 90s alternative feel (maybe echoing  some of Soul Assylum’s softer tracks like “Runaway Train”) with “Settle Down,” giving the album as a whole a nice, balanced feel. I’d write more, but WordPress’s editor is being wonky this morning, so we’ll leave it at that.