It's About Time...For Sleep...

First thing's first: UPDATE TIME

• Mychildren Mybride comes out with their new, self-titled album tomorrow (I pre-ordered that one, amigos)
• Capital Lights has their album coming out in June. I think it's the 19th. (I'll be pre-ordering that one too)
• The O.C. Supertones just released a new song of theirs, but as for any new albums coming out I'm not sure.
• The band Demon Hunter has got one (album, that is) in the oven as well. I'll prolly post about them later, perhaps when the album arrives.
• I bought Abandon's Control (Expanded Edition) (which was actually released on my birthday :) and it is awfully pleasant. I give it a 8.5 out of 10. 
• I think I have found a few more bands to post about, so that's good.

Ok, I think that's good for the time being. This next band is Sleep For Sleepers. I bought their first album a while ago, and I wasn't thrilled about it. Not that it wasn't good, but it wasn't as good as I was hoping. It is a soft rock band of sorts. The vocalist has a soft and floaty voice, for the first album, that is. I just previewed their latest EP on iTunes, and his voice has become a bit stronger, which I think is good. Strong voices are good, just listen to Arron Gillespie in Underoath. The music has also developed some girth; it is not as light and fluffy like it used to be, like a summer breeze, but now there's more gusto, like...maybe a rain storm. Yeah, that sounds about right. Although I have already reached the end of my monthly music budget, I will probably buy their Conditions-EP.

Due to bad sound quality of the song I was gonna show you all, I will not be showing you all that song. Plus, their music videos are pretty lame too. So I hope this one suffices, but if it does not, I urge you to please look it up on iTunes. I urge you, dear readers.

Listen, People, Listen...

There are only a few bands that I have on my iPod that I would consider "contemporary rock," and to tell the truth, I don't think even really know what that means. I would describe it as something one might hear on a radio station, except for those that specialize in rock. So if you have any good comparisons to Run Kid Run's style of music, post a comment about it because I'm having trouble. They just came out with their third album recently, but only sampling a few of their songs, I don't have an opinion on it yet. I bought their album "Love At The Core" which was decent - had a lot of catchy songs. Having the most upbeat songs, their first CD, "This Is Who We Are", is my favorite, and I might even purchase it after listening to it again. Pop rock is maybe a good description...nah maybe not. Please help me out.

Didn't Want To Wait...

I don't really know why, but when I first started this blog, I was gonna wait to do my favorite band. I just don't know why. Hailing from the big PA, August Burns Red has really made their way up the ranks to be, what I imagine, one of the biggest metalcore/hardcore (I don't even know what these terms mean) bands out there, secular or Christian. Among the other bands in their genre, they have a sound unlike any other. Now, I also imagine that their sound also turns a large amount of people off who just want to flail and jump around like barbarians and hit people (perhaps) unintentionally. But because of this style of theirs, they can, and very much do, offer such a variety of refreshingly different songs. Their lead vocalist, Jake Luhrs, has an awesome Christian testimony that can be found on Youtube. I guess I could post that video too. I don't know who in the band writes their lyrics, but those also have some solid spiritual content as well. All in all, they are quite the wonderful group of musicians. I'm actually gonna post a handful of things, so bear with me. The first one is a music video of theirs, so if you don't watch anything else, that's the one to watch. The second is the testimony, and the third is just a cool video of their cool drummer, Matt Greiner (pronounced Gry-ner).

P.S. - Jake Luhrs also made a ministry website www.heartsupport.com. It's actually an awesome site. From what I see, it looks like Jake and other members of the band post on the site about themselves and their faith and there's a blog thing and prayer thing and some other things. Please check it out.