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Chasing Daylight

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Sister Hazel is a band whose music is a unique mix of rock, pop, country, and bluegrass that is simply irresistable. The stands out due to its four-yes four- guitarists and the unique metallic voice of lead singer Ken Block.

Chasing Daylight continues the band's streak of excellent albums. Beginning with the wonderful "Your Mistake" and ending with the equally great "Can't Believe," this is a CD without a weak point. Other highlights include "Come Around" and "Best I'll Ever Be."

Like many bands, Sister Hazel is not for everyone. The group prefers arena rock style jams to slower more understated numbers, which they can also do.

Don't let the Amazon.com review fool you, this is not a band that has lost its "vitality."

Tune into your local radio station and catch the new Sister Hazel hit from Chasing Daylight called "Your Mistake" "...I wanna be good I wanna be great, I wanna be everything except for your mistake..." It's powerful yet gentle with overflowing passion. Wait, you have not hear anything yet!!! "Life Got In The Way" will be sure to find it's way to the radio waves soon, as well.

Most cd's these days are made with a lot of fluff and little good music. Well that is just not the case here! As with their big hits "All For You" and "Change Your Mind" from previous cd's, CHASING DAYLIGHT is one of those addictive cd's that you won't be able to get enough of. From beginning to end; you will find beautiful harmonies (Can't Believe), jaw-dropping guitar licks (Swan Dive), infectious drumming (Killing Me Too), fun pick-me-up tunes (Everybody), passion (One Love and Life Got In The Way), tear-jerkers (Best I'll Ever Be) just to name a few.

One of my favorite things about Chasing Daylight is that you will love it no matter if your age is 7 or 70 or any age in between.

I have no idea why, but I've always liked the music that Sister Hazel made but I never bought an album. But going through a phase of bands like Dishwalla I decided to check out their new one, and I am so glad that I did. This CD is one to remember for sure. I have seen a decline in "happy" music, and this CD attempts to bring happy music back to its proper place among the angry amatuers. Chasing Daylight is full of extremely upbeat and lyrically potent songs, such as the single "Your Mistake" which proudly proclaims "I wanna be good, I wanna be great, I wanna be everything except for your mistake." But this disc isn't simply radio friendly pop rock. Songs like "Killing Me Too" or "Best I'll Ever Be" are brutally beautiful slower songs, but never lose the Sister Hazel twang. Basically, if you are a fan of Sister Hazel in any way at all you shouldn't find nothing to dislike about this album. All the songs are very high quality, well written, catchy, and well produced. Don't pass this one up, it is a great CD.

I've had Chasing Daylight since around Christmas when I ordered the limited edition off Sister Hazel's website. Their earlier CD "Fortress" was the CD that really got me into their music, and "Chasing Daylight" was that CD that made me realize that Sister Hazel is one of the most talented and underrated bands that are out today. And this is coming from someone who's CD collection consists of mostly alternative rock and punk. This CD is great in every aspect. It has great writing, great music, and everything else you would expect from a Sister Hazel CD. It's one of those CD's where you can listen to every song on the CD without skipping a single track. They range from the very emotional sad song "Best I'll Ever Be" to the more upbeat tempo song "Come Around." IT's hard to pick a favorite among all the great tracks on the CD, but I reall enjoy "Life Got in The Way," "Sword and Shield" and "Everybody." This is must have CD for Sister Hazel fan, and for those of you are not very familar with Sister Hazel, give it a try, you might be suprised.

Sister Hazel's new CD is so great. It's the best they've sounded in a long time! The album starts off strong with "Your Mistake" which I can't stop playing and can't get out of my head (which is a good thing!). But all of the songs are good - if you like Sister Hazel you'll love this CD. If you don't think you like Sister Hazel but you like Matchbox 20, John Mayer, Blues Traveler, Edwin McCain, and just about any other male lead group that can actually sing and play - you'll like this CD. Great up tempo songs, beautiful ballads -this CD has it all!!

Okay, somebody should have made these guys more famous! Not that it's stopping them from being on of the best rock bands ever, or hometown heroes for all of us down here in Gainesville...
This album is great because it's not trying to break into pop culture. It's semi-pop, quasi-country southern rock that represents the band's roots to a "t": a southern college town. That's probably why G'ville is only place in the world where chain bookstores and music outlets sell out of their albums on a daily basis. And no one has had the full experience of SH until they've been to a G'ville show (seriously, when the whole crowd breaks into the chorus of "All For You", or more recently when the guys did "A little like Heaven" from Drew Copeland's solo debut, and we all went insane, the (literally!) five minute standing ovations... you just have to be there!)
I highly recommend to anyone, though if you haven't been initiated yet, make sure you go back to the older albums too!

I was a Sister Hazel fan when they were still playing on the side of the road in Gainesville. This is one of my favorite cds of theirs. It's nice to have a cd where all of the songs are great, not just one or two.

I anxiously waited for this CD to be released with the hopes that it would be as good as their previous CD, "Fortress". Like others, I too pre-ordered and received this CD in December; and I must say that it's even better than "Fortress". If you like excellent songwriting, lock-step harmonies, creative acoustic/electric guitar blending with awesome sounding leads then this album is for you! It's great to enjoy with friends or to listen to alone while in the car. It will drive you places that you'd never otherwise explore on your own....

Happy Trails

This is a "Must Have" CD. Sister Hazel's 'Fortress' was and is still awesome. However, they have shown their true colors in this music. Chasing Daylights is very lifting and has something for everyone.:-)This CD is sure to convert more music lovers into Hazelnuts!

I still can't deside if I like this or fortress more, however, Chasing Daylight was undoubtedly one of the best CD's of 2003. ken Block has a very unique voice that adds to the awesome songwriting, and unbelievable music. This CD is definately worth the money it costs. "Your Mistake" starts it off perfectly, and sets the tone for the rest of the album. It is ong of the best song's here. The song is catchy, and just fun to listen to. "Come around" is another unbelievable track, and is also very catchy. It's not as good as the first song, but it is a really great piece of music. "One love" comes next, but proves to be the weakest tracks so far. It has one of the weaker vocal tracks, but its still a good song. Track 4 plunges you into the albums first ballad with the epic and beautiful "Best I'll Ever Be", one of the best songs on the album, and of 2003. I love this song! "Life got in the way" has some great lyrics, and is yet another very catchy song. I didn't love this song the first few times, but it really is good music. "Everybody" is a rather funny song, because it's so happy, but it is one of the weaker songs on the album nonetheless. Still worth a lot of listens. However, if there is one song that hinders this album it's "Swan Dive", the next track. It doesn't even sound like sister hazel, and is by far their worst song ever. Its far to hard, and is just not what the band is good at. It sounds like some really crappy band would release this song, and it doesn't even come close to living up to the rest of this album. Even though the song is a letdown, "Killing me too" makes up for it comepletly. Excellent lyrics and music make it one of the best tracks on here, and just in case you haven't gotten over "Swan dive" yet, the band gives you "Sword and Shield" which is just plain cool music. An excellent guitar solo graces this song like no other. Now that the band figures you've forgotten "Swan dive" they give you the six minute "hopeless" which is great. No more and no less. After ten amazing songs, the band finally gives you the greatest song on the album. "Effortlessly" is the albums center masterpiece, and one of the best songs on the album. I could listen to it dozens of time and never get tired of it. The second best sister hazel song ever, right behind "your winter". "Can't believe caps off the album perfectly. Overall, this is one of the best albums in years, and should not be missed.

1.Your Mistake: 5/5 (tied 3rd best)

2.Come Around: 5/5

3.One Love: 4.5/5

4.Best I'll Ever Be: 5/5 (2nd best)

5.Life Got in the Way: 4.5/5

6.Everybody: 4.5/5

7.Swan Dive: 0.5/5 (What in the world?)

8.Killing Me Two: 5/5 (tied 3rd best)

9.Sword and Shield: 5/5

10.Hopeless: 4.5/5

11.Effortlessly: 6/5 (BEST)

12.Can't Believe: 4.5/5

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