Plucked from the bowels of indie obscurity on the strength of the inanely catchy "Swing Swing", this Oklahoma-based four-piece hit the big time a few years back, transformed from emo-punk nobodies to pop-punk sensations almost overnight. The first hit is the easy one; it's the second and third that tend to elude many bands, leading to messy break ups and hordes of nebulous "ex-members of" projects. Basically, it's fly or die time for AAR.

Slickly produced by Howard Benson, the sugary Move Along is filled with huge-chorused summer sing-alongs and so many monster hooks dangling from the ceiling, you'd swear it was a slaughterhouse. The secret to the band's success here is simple: they've juiced up their keyboard and guitar-driven pop-rock with massive doses of major label money and big-studio headspace. The title-track is a saccharine smack of new-wave bluster and sucker-punch hooks, while "Night Drive" is a clapping, corking single waiting to happen, and opener "Dirty Little Secret" buzzes with the caffeinated rush of a thousand Starbucks baristas. Even the album's schmaltzy, string-stung big ballad, "It Ends Tonight", is more Laguna Beach-worthy than low-rent teen sentiment.

Move Along isn't arty and it isn't angular, but if you choose to get off your high horse and pogo along with the band, the late nights and sticky kitchen dance parties will undoubtedly find you.