The word around the fire hydrant is that Wattatata, the second album from Seattle punk miscreants DEK, is a “serious” record, and by serious, this apparently means that they’re no longer singing about Captain Pickle or gorillas on the loose. Well, that’s pretty much true – DEK sings about political matters now, like on the standout track “Do You Feel a Draft?” The good thing is that the shift doesn’t sound forced – Bret Chernoff’s matured voice has a raspy gravity that helps sell the material, and the band’s sound is harder, more direct and less loosey-goose than on Boner. But none of this means that DEK’s music is any less fun – you can still tear up your bedroom or burn down your school to their teeth-rattling, Orange County-circa ’84 punk blitz. But after listening to Wattatata, their audience of teen freaks and suburban headcases might think about unleashing some of that pent-up energy on bigger and more oppressive targets. Let the youthquake begin.