After their 15 minutes of glory in 1996 with the hit song “Here In Your Bedroom”, the Los Angeles based quartet is back with a new album on a new label, Maverick Records. The new stuff is very strange and on the first listen, it really sounds like garbage, and you can see that John Feldman was quite influenced by his work with new acts as The Used, Good Charlotte and Story Of The Year. But after a couple of listen, you get to know that this 12 track disc is not bad at all, even tough it’s Goldfinger’s mediocrity at its best, and the one that is telling you this is a huge GF fan. I mean, the songs are weak, boring and a copy of the previous “Open Your Eyes”, but with maybe more ska hints. There is always Feldman’s positive attitude toward Veganism, which I totally support too, and “Behind The Mask” is clearly the best track here. Other good catchy pop punk tunes are “Stalker”, “Too Many Nights”, “I Want”, “Damaged” and “My Everything”, while songs like “Wasted”, “Oceansize” and “Walk Away” have good ideas but end up being boring. “Faith” is the classic rock ballad, as it was for tunes like “Margaret Ann” and “It’s Your Life”. In all, as a hardcore GF fan, I am happy I heard these new Goldfinger tunes and I love Feldmann’s lyrics, but I will not waste even 10 bucks to get my hands on the original copy.