The Shady project centers around former Mercury Rev member Dave Baker, who pairs with an impressive variety of similarly inclined musicians to write and record World: Martin Carr of the Boo Radleys turns tracks like "Hey Yeah" into sunny, tripped-out psychedelia that's reminiscent of his own Giant Steps, Jimi Shields and Ken Griffin of Rollerskate Skinny turn up (with Shields collaborating quite often), Sooyoung Park of Seam adds more conventional rock textures to a few tracks