In true do-it-yourself fashion, Toronto singer-songwriter Danny Handes took pretty much whatever he could find—guitar, microphone, tambourine, knitting needles—and weaved an impressive debut album. The Asterisk Eye is a musical quilt, a patchwork of 14 songs that cover a lot of ground. It travels pretty much everywhere, from “So Bad” with its AC/DC-like driven riff to the softer land of “Our Leaves Are Green Again” and “Long Road,” which would be fitting on a mix-tape with the likes of Keane and Thom Yorke. “Hearts Again” is a catchy windows-rolled-down-on-a-cool-fall-night companion song. The album’s standout though is ethereal cover of the sadly overlooked Ramones Road To Ruin ballad “Questioningly.” At times—and not just because of Handes voice, but the similarities are worth noting—The Asterisk Eye can sound a lot like a Tom Petty record; more focused on the journey and not the destination. The beaten path is covered in smog backed up for hours with traffic. The Asterisk Eye is a back roads sort of album. The roads are clear and the sky is blue. Put it on and go.