2012's
A War You Cannot Win
found the Springfield, Massachusetts-based rockers shifting away from the punishing melodic metalcore sound of prior studio outings and engaging in a hot and heavy affair with radio-ready modern rock. Their seventh long-player,
The Order of Things
, comes clean about those past transgressions and more or less demands to be served divorce papers, effectively doubling down on the commercial elements of its predecessor. The hook-filled, 12-track set is bookended by a pair of epic heavy hitters ("This Probably Won't End Well" and "Criticism and Self-Realization") that strike a nice balance between the old band and the new, and features the blistering single "No Knock." ~ James Christopher Monger