MxPx

Known best as the world's biggest Christian Punk band, MXPX get more vague about their religious affiliations on their second album for A&M. Song titles read like chapters in a self-help book, but the songs themselves are catchy as ever, though more refined. You'll hear more Pop than Punk here than on any of their previous albums.

MxPx love the well-produced new-school punk rock that Green Day cleaned up so smartly
in the Nineties. The aggressively positive Bremerton, Washington, trio applies even more
sensitive-guy toothpaste to punk's dirty fangs. "Let yourself say, 'I was wrong,'" lead singer
Mike Herrera counsels in "Buildings Tumble," before advising, "Let your heart move on."
The band's bright music succeeds best when the harmonies are rich and the lyri... More >