New Found Glory

The Florida group's fourth album contains all of the punk-fueled, chunky pop that worked so well on 2002's Sticks And Stones. Highlighted by the single "All Downhill From Here," Catalyst also offers ballads both string-laden ("I Don't Wanna Know") and hard-hitting ("Ending In Tragedy").

When New Found Glory frontman Jordan Pundik screams, "You'll never get respect" during
Catalyst's opener, "Intro," he might as well be talking about his own band. In the course of
four albums and a couple of EPs, the Coral Springs, Florida, group has trafficked in simple,
catchy pop-punk anthems, anchored by Pundik's earnest high-pitched whine. Apparently
the band thought it was time to try something vastly different here. Promising so... More >