It's basically a power pop/indie-rock sound, built on guitars which are alternately chiming and fuzzy, but the shoegazer elements which make their way into the mix and the drifty melodies which complement those elements mark
"Z-Nation" out as a little bit different; although it doesn't hold any individual songs as good as those from previous recordings which I'd heard before - "Tarmac and Line", "New Estate Dreamboat" and "Sleeveful of Slight", all of which are fantastic - this is exactly the way I always imagined a Gaslight Radio album would sound...which is, needless to say, good news.