Taking all manner of topics (from the heaviest to the lightest) and putting them through the PUSA sound-machine to come up with easy and memorable melodies and lyrical hooks, the Seattle trio picks up where they left off three years before.  These Are The Good Times People opens with “Mixed up S.O.B.,” a guitar-driven pop-rock tune about an unstable ex-lover. The outstanding “Ghosts Are Everywhere” is catchy and fun with the requisite “na na na na na” chorus and silly storyline. The guys fool around with country rock on “Trucktstop Butterfly,” dotted with shadowy slide guitar, harmonicas and hoe-down vocals, and with a bit of ‘70s funk-rock on “Deleter,” with its serpentine horn arrangements, wah-wah guitar, and soulful female backup vocals. Departing from their “joy rock” sound — exemplified on tracks like “Ladybug” and “So Lo So Hi” —  the longing  “Loose Balloon” was born from the pain of divorce, while “More Bad Times” is a fine cover of the song originally done by Ed’s Redeeming Qualities, a bittersweet ode to losing a spouse. Original members Chris Ballew and Jason Finn officially (finally) welcome Andrew McKeag to the band on this collection.