Criteria - When We Break (2005)

By day, Criteria's Stephen Pedersen is entrenched in the beige, climate controlled world of corporate law. By night, he tirelessly melds face-searing riffs with pounding, syncopated drums, awaiting a rock 'n' roll miracle. He need wait for that miracle no longer. And neither must you. This is the band's second full-length, a startling display of fist-pumping anthems and contagious melodies bent on shaking the ass of the most coolly aloof listener. Saddle Creek. 2005.