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DecembeRadio

DecembeRadio | June 27th, 2006

With a self-titled debut CD, DecembeRadio burst onto the Christian music scene with a style that would make any rock-n-roll fan love to listen. When it comes to Christian music, rock-n-roll fans have always had to choose between the light and fluffy (easy listening) or heavy and dense (screaming). DecembeRadio not only bridges the gap between the two; they cross back and forth and stand in the middle jumping up and down.

Stylistically, DecembeRadio is all over the board, and overall, there are very clear Christian themes proclaimed in every song. It starts out strong with “Can't Hide,” a song that begins with an easy, 1970's sound before slamming into tremendous guitar riffs modern rock-n-roll is famous for producing. “Can't Hide” addresses the attempt to escape from God in the pursuits of worldly pleasure (How long will you keep chasing tomorrow). In the end, it's impossible—You can't hide from your Creator / You can't run from your Maker. From there, the band moves to a track called “Dangerous.” The song starts out how some would classify as “screamo”, but it doesn't stay that way. The music is hard and loud, but the vocalists actually sing. While “Dangerous” has a newer sound to it, the very next track “Love Found Me,” sounds like a blast from the past; the kind of music you hear on a classic rock station driving down a country road with the windows down. There's also a tribute to old-school blues at the beginning of “Greed”—lots of slide guitar that would make Robert Johnson proud.

Mid-CD, in a track called “Drifter,” it's almost as if DecembeRadio slams on the brakes for a period of calm, mellow reflection about where they've been in life. The music has a very clean, acoustic sound, and there's also a lyrical ode to the Allman Brothers worked in (The Devil took me on a midnight ride). In this reflective, ballad-esque song, the singer shares his struggles of living life without God and wanting to turn his life around, crying out to God for A hand to help me find my way back home. The song is powerful, raw, and honest. However, the tempo picks right back up as soon as “Drifter” ends with “Live and Breath,” one of the hardest rocking songs on the CD. While the disc begins fast and hard, it ends with a slow but powerful song titled “Least of These;” a call to Christians to heed the words of Christ in caring for a lost a dying world. The song is sung from the perspective of the lost, My heart is crying out / My hands are reaching out.

Reviewed by Daniel Zimmerman on November 7th, 2007

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