In 1994, Jared Leto gave us a TV hunk for the ages: the mute and brooding Jordan Catalano, from My So-Called Life. Unfortunately, Catalano wouldn’t waste an “uhh…whatever” on the hammy, bombastic third disc from Leto’s band, Thirty Seconds to Mars (with Leto’s brother, Shannon, on drums). The signposts here are Pink Floyd, INXS and Nickelback. Leto bellows things like “Where is your God?” over and over as industrial atmospherics and choirs of fans (invited to studio “summits” by the band) hammer home a theme of fortitude in the face of societal trauma (or something). We can all feel as one in coming together to ignore his message of hope.

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