In 2006 the Wonderfools celebrated their 10^th anniversary as one of Norway’s longest serving Punk Rock bands, and now in 2008 the band have returned with a new album and a vibrant new sound.

The band still has that zest and vigour of a punk band but now with a more modern edge, still with grinding guitars and slung down chords, but with that more commercial feel.

This new sound is sure to meet with some reservations by the bands fans, but if they are true fans they will embrace this new look and feel the band have, as it is sure to bring the band out of the Underground Scene and project them on the road to international stardom.

The album itself gets underway with ‘Thinking Of Something Mean To Say’, an instant single in the making this one.  It's classy and melodic with a great sing-along chorus that is catchy, think Blink 182 meets The Helicopters.

The feel good factor of this album is immense, it's easy to get captivated by the bands new energy and sound as things carry on in a similar Pop Punk fashion with the superb ‘Out Of My Mind’ and ‘The Song About The Song’, two really classy slices of American Pop Punk.

'Apples' definitely shows the band have developed a sound that is very now.  This one is another catchy rocker that has instant commercial appeal and this is carried on in great strides with the Ramones sounding ‘She’s So Easy’ and the rapid high octane energy filled rocker ‘Nothing Left To Burn’, which is one of my favourite tracks off the album.

The pace is brought down just a touch with ‘Big Love’, but there is still energy within the track as the guitars and vocals really make this one and reminds me of early Foo Fighters. The band really do bring things down with ‘Taking Chances’, this semi – acoustic number really shows the band have reached another level with this new sound and new outlook as the soaring guitars lift this one out of the speakers and into you veins.

But the diehard fans fear not the band haven’t softened up they simply have matured and this maturity is found in bucket loads with the likes of ‘Never Gonna Make It’ and the anthemic title track ‘Too Late To Die Young’, as well as the groove filled ‘Listen To Your Mother’.

The album comes to a close as it started with feel good high energy rock with ‘Let It Shine’ and rounding off the album with the 'Outro (Thinking Of Something Mean To Say Pt2)', which rounds off an album that will surely make the world sit up and take notice of Norway’s The Wonderfools as they step out of the darkness and into the bright lights.