Midnight [Cassette]

A startling display of fist-pumping anthems and contagious melodies hell bent on shaking the ass of even the most coolly aloof and cynical listener, When We Break smashes out of the gate with its singlong-equipped opener, "Prevent the World," and refuses to relent for the duration of that which follows. Loud no matter the volume, Criteria deftly navigates enough punchy time changes to satisfy the smartypantses while keeping all those heads a'bobbing. Two words: Big Rock.