I chanced upon an old, old Cd in the dusty depths of my old music drawer. It was tucked neatly beneath a whole array of discs whose music stored within I have forsaken for a good four years now. I remember the time when I used to listen to planetshakers and hillsongs, the old old hillsongs, when "Shout To The Lord" was a new single. There were also P.O.D's first two albums before they signed on to Atlantic, Thousand Foot Krutch, Switchfoot's first three albums (bet you didn't know they had songs other than Dare You To Move right), as well as Pillar, Petra, All Star United, DC Talk, etc etc. There was the first secular CD i bought as well, Creed's My Own Prison. Ah well those were the days I suppose.
The CD I found, was a deep yellow disc circa 1997. A self titled album by Seven Day Jesus, a modern rock band which broke up in 1998 but got back together for Bleach's final concert in 2004. Alright enough with the history lesson. I haven't listened to SDJ since sec 1, and well they sound like a cross between Goo Goo Dolls, Jimmy Eat World and The Calling. A little bit poppy by my standards, but hey its good music. I don't know what attraced me to this cd back then, but when I heard them for the first time somethng struck me that struck me again five years on when I pressed play on the CD player while cleaning up the room.
The members of SDJ look like a bunch of emo twenty somethings going on about life's trials and tribulations that they think they know about. And on some tracks they sound a little commerical in fact. But I don't know, hearing them again, there's an element of maturity and world-weariness therein that combines with optimism and hope gained from the knowledge of God's love. They're not preachy, although the band name sorta lets you know their religious inclinations, and maybe they sound poppy on certain tracks because of faith paralleled with major chords, but I realize that this CD is poignant, and their age belies the wisdom they have that translates to music.
Granted its not as heavy as I'd like to, but this is one of the few modern rock CDs that I actually adored, and slowly am coming back to loving again, for the mere reason that there was this group of musicians that sang about love, and they could sing about girls, failed relationships and whatnot, and climb to a billboard top 100. They had the voice, they had the look, but they chose instead to sing about how we so sorely lack Jesus in our lives today. And they sang well. Well enough to be up right there with the best in the modern/alt. rock industry.
If anyone of you out there likes the bands I've mentioned earlier, do give this CD a try. Granted that their release date might make their sound seem old fashioned, but well if a self -confessed metalhead can put away the pride, you may realize that the songs inside this disc, pierce you right where it hurts, and slowly cleans away the blood.
Where do You hide the tears You should be crying when I have fallen again and Where do You hide the tears That fell in the day when I turned You away You throw them away In the sea of forgetfulness
Delivered at 10:58 PM;
KENNETH
Name:Slumber
Born:16th August
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Him.K.anglo-chinese.music for the passionate.marvel.gunners.
Orange.debate.
long bus rides armed with an eye and a pod.74.
philosophizing.dystopia.
coffee.Rove.Health.Famary.
Buddies.
writing.1984.
expression.Italian food.
journeys.teh-peng.
stream of consciousness.
witty play on words.musing.
accents.the heartrands.performing.
being a closet connossieur.
a point of view.vigorous
interaction with spherical objects.
irony&pathos.yum.
JS.spirit.a girl that would smile