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CRITERIA to SEIZE the Moment

Posted by Aaron H on March 3, 2026

Omaha's Indie-Rock quartet, CRITERIA, have announced their new album, SEIZE! -- available May 22nd via Spartan Records. The album was produced by Matt Bayles who has worked with bands like Pearl Jam, Mastodon, and Foxing and mastered by Ed Brooks at Resonant Mastering. Vocalist/Guitarist, Stephen Pedersen comments: 

These songs feel like alchemy under pressure — love as the undertow, empathy as survival, and seizing the moment as it seizes you.

You can check out the new track, You Maketh Me, below:

 

SEIZE! track listing:
Be the Spark
Carbon Copy Now
You Maketh Me
Embrace The Strange
I am the End
Heavy Return
Running out of...
I am the Son
Wait a Minute
Lean Out
Works in Progress
Seize!

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