Open Your Eyes by Goldfinger

Open Your Eyes, Goldfinger's fourth album, came out in May 2002 on Mojo and Jive, and it's the sound of the Los Angeles band packing most of the ska away. After three records that rode the third-wave ska revival, frontman John Feldmann, producing his own band, pointed them at punchy, fast pop-punk with the skank beat mostly left at the door.

It was the first Goldfinger record with former Ünloco guitarist Brian Arthur, lining up alongside Feldmann, bassist Kelly LeMieux and drummer Darrin Pfeiffer, and the guitars come in harder and beefier than before. Together with Disconnection Notice, it's the record that moved them out of the ska bin for good.

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