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I came across this album about a week ago. I went on a mad cd shopping frenzy again and my friend got angry with me cause I grabbed one cd from her. Sobs, I’m a terrible person. I want to apologize here. Please forgive me.

Sighsssssss bad news aside, I am here to review a CD. I chose this cd firstly is because this stood out among the rest when I first placed it in to my player. The first song got me out of my seat! There aren’t many Christian Rock bands with a female lead singer. Even more, I most I’ve heard so far boring. Now this one is plain hot! It just really made adrenaline rush through my body.

This is in between heavy rock and pop rock. Reminds me of something what I felt when I first heard the secular band Evanescense. They have that sort of feel, but not so gothic and dark. Very positive sounding yet very strong with the emotions. Feels like I want to scream my lungs out. I must also say that their hooks in their songs are nice! I have yet to read up more about them but lyrically they sound really cool. Teenagers will love them.

Her voice is sweet yet so strong. Oooh very very nice! Mastering sounds good too, it is a very well produced album in my opinion. I have been looking for an album like this for a long time. Even more a rock female singer. We needed a good one. I’m loving them. I wanted to scream out all the emotions inside and these songs just got out all the negative emotions inside me.

I really love the song ‘Stand Up’. Man I want to scream like that. I only wish I was a rock singer! Haha…..little dream of being a rock star coming out haha. No la, I cannot sing rock. Look at the lyrics, it’s just so cool! And the song is great as well.

Look at all the lonely hearts
Shivering out in the dark
Hiding from the truth
Cover up the proof
Demons that I’ve tried to hide
Imprison me in my own lies
And all that I can do is cover up the proof
Don’t be afraid to…

Stand up!
Stand up if you’re broken
Stand up!
Stand up if you feel ashamed
You are not alone when you hurt this way
Stand up!
Stand up if you need love
Stand up!
This is not judgment day
You don’t have to hide
There’s no need to run
Everything will be okay

Secrets got me torn apart
Trying to destroy my heart
But I can see the light
It’s cutting through the night
Don’t run away
(Don’t run away)
Don’t be afraid to…

You say You love me
That’s all I’ll ever need
If You say I’m good enough
That’s good enough for me

The best part, is I love every song in the album, which is rare because I seldom like every song in an album even though it is from my favorite artists. This is their second album, before this I didn’t hear of them. Now this album made headlines with 4 Dove Award nominations!

Artist of the Year

Rock/Contemporary Album

Rock/Contemporary Recorded Song – Unbreakable

Rock Recorded Song – The Hunger

Check out the nice sounds I’m talking about at their website http://www.fireflightrock.com/

Album Rating : 9.5/10