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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Powerful Comeback by Falling Up, December 2, 2005
Ever since "Crashings" came out, Falling Up has taken a strong foothold in the wide world of Christian music. Taking a fusion of hard rock guitars and catchy rythms, Falling Up landed themselves on an entire new category of music. Such originality in lyrics and sound left listeners and fans with great expectations about a second release. It was a task to be challenged only by the band itself...
And Falling Up did not fail.
This album still carries that flavor, that signature sound that made Falling Up the band that it is today. Piercing hard music with melodic voices and a beat that bobs your head whether you'd like to or not. The lyrics point to a higher hope ("The hope is where His hand has bled") that is needed in every aspect of our daily lives. Very well written (expected for Falling Up) and brilliantly sung.
The production is excellent. The mixes, the quality... it just works. The song "Contact" is a good example of this: a semi-slow song with good use of a beatbox or synth. In any case, the album truly has a "professional" feel to it.
The only true flaw that this album carries is that it could get worn out in time. The piano element, a welcomed addition, is somewhat repetitive over the course of the album, as it plays the intro in most songs. Being such, the songs themselves tend to be a bit predictable to some extent, although they still pack that original Falling Up flavor punch found in "Crashings."
Apart from the repetitive intros, Falling Up has created a great album. With this release they showed a step in the right direction and a reach towards maturity. This album is worth a buy and most definitely a listen.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great mature new Album!, October 25, 2005
Falling Up shows that they continue to grow musically and lyrically. The music absolutely rocks and the melodies and harmonies mixed in make this one of the best hard modern rock albums I have heard. The mixture of instruments is worth a listen.
The lyrics also seem to move on the theme of lights and moving on the sea. Sort of a themed album. Very symbolic and also enlightening. Pick it up today and enjoy some great new music!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Same formula or something new?, October 26, 2005
Seeing as how many of friends are fans of Falling Up, I decided to write a little review of the CD. Once again, the booklet is filled with the lyrics and revelances to the songs having to do with passages from the Bibles which is always good to have so we can understand where they stem off from.
1. Searchlights 4/5 - Probably one of my favorites. The intro is amazing with the strings and then it just blasts off from there. Sounds very...moshy. LAWL
2. Exhibition 3/5 - Me and another person were amazed at the piano intro to this song. Falling Up is a rock band at its core, but they really use lots of orchestrated and digital fx in their music.
3. Flights 3/5 - A song about God being everywhere you are no matter where in the world you are because He has overcome it. Yet another nice piano intro for only a couple of seconds.
4. Exit Calypsan 4/5 - I still have no idea what the freak Calypsan means after searching for the meaning of the word. It's only in your dreams is the key to this song...escaping from the image of oneself. Easily the "Broken Heart" of this new album.
5. Contact 5/5 - I just really like the mood of this song. It feels nice. Kinda like Arafax Deep. A song of realizing God's voice drowns over all and erases every pain away. No matter where you escape, it's only by contact with Him you'll realize, you'll overcome, you'll be able to rid yourself of everything.
6. Moonlit 4/5 - The drums in this song are pretty solid. This is like the anthem for the album. "This is the wave, this is the ocean....LET'S GO NOW!!" Pretty much a song about faith and believing what you can't see and not understanding what is told to you by God because it's overwhelming for us as humans to understand the ways of God.
7. Cascades 3/5 - Jesus taking all our sins unto the cross is what this song tries to reveal. It's a pretty basic song, nothing too flashy about it, pretty plain and simple but it's Falling Up no less, so they make it sound good ^_^
8. Meridian 4/5 - Rise up and take your crosses and follow the ways of Jesus! "Wake your heart, light your fears..." Stand your ground, that is all. Nothing too flashy about this one either but I like the lyrics to the song so that made me add another point to it for that.
9. Lights of Reedport 3/5 - The lights thing seems to go pretty well with this song, seeing as how you're supposed to open up to God knowing you will garner the knowledge and the wisdom. This song has a semi-techno feel to it. Not the beat, just the sounds in it.
10. Marathons 4/5 - Now that I really listen to it and see where it stemmed off from, the song does make complete sense. It's a race against evil and endurance. How long can you hold out until you are found again? Can you stand the test of the faith? It's a pretty awesome song. Kinda makes a challenge for you somewhat.
11. Fearless 3/5 - It kinda has a fast, trippy time signature once the chorus kicks in, like 4/8 or something like that. I'm not good with the time signature recognition but....a song of healing you can think of it.
12. Intro the Gravity 3/5 - I just want to say, I love the song titles these guys come up with! They are so unique...I don't know where they get them from but oh well...Nice ending to the CD I suppose. A little too short I felt and not at all like Arafax Deep where the first CD ended on and it was on a tremendous note. Just remember, intro the gravity, cause it upholds the world, and the world is upheld by Christ and Christ is God. That is all...
I probably need to listen to it more maybe...I dunno...but I still prefer the first album. It was so unique and so refreshing. A lotta the songs on this CD sound alike in some ways. They only added some weird effects to every song to make them sound different... but I can see through it! The lyrics are still very good except I feel they overused a lotta words. I don't know if they did that on purpose to connect them all together...I dunno...
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