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Genre:
Rock
Release Date: 07/13/2004
This young Ontario-based quartet works in a not terribly original but completely winning
pop/
punk vein, churning out power chords, hooky choruses, and sweet vocal harmonies at tempos that generally vary between medium-fast (
"From Underneath," "Letters to the President") and rip-roaring (
"California," "Recess"). They're on the
Tooth & Nail label and little phrases like "It's from my Father's hand" and "She thinks life would be so simple if everyone would pray" keep cropping up, so there's good reason to believe that this is one of those crypto-Christian
pop bands that can't help expressing its faith but is less interested in bringing you to
Christ than in making sure you bop to the beat and take away a general feeling of uplift and encouragement. Of course, once in a while they'd like you to just bang your head, which explains the headlong, 50-second
punk rush of
"Recess." And they're not afraid to let you know that they sometimes stand by the window crying, either (
"Take Me"), which one supposes is kind of endearing if you're into that whole
Jade Tree/
Promise Ring/
Rainer Maria thing. Overall, not bad at all.
~Rick Anderson, All Music Guide
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