Four days later, Algernon Cadwallader broke up. But 14 years after their last album, Algernon Cadwallader finally return to answer the question. Though admired by a range of emo and indie rockers, Algernon Cadwallader originally considered themselves an off-kilter punk band, and they fully embrace that identity on Trying Not to Have a Thought. “There is no ‘I’ in Algernon,” Helmis yells with relief on the title track. In the band’s first run, Algernon Cadwallader were sometimes criticized for being too in thrall to their influences: Cap’n Jazz, Joan of Arc, Owls.