Editors' Picks: Endgame

Brian: The upcoming EP from Bloomfield, New Jersey's Endgame is pretty, prettay, prettayyy good. Imagine the melodic, emotional drive of Garden State predecessors like Lifetime and late–era Turning Point spun with a modern pop–punk twist. Set to drop in February 2008, Distracted is a major improvement over the band's past releases, like last year's split EP with Movement. I'm particularly fond of "Peace of Mind," which pretty much got me through a monotonous Black Friday retail shift –– check it out on the band's MySpace page.