Soot and Stars
I AM SOOT!
Relient K is a Christian rock group that started off as a corny Blink 182 knockoff and metamorphasized into a spectacular pop group! I listened to their early stuff through a hardcore Christian guy as I borrowed his collection. I wrote them off and never saw myself ever buying their stuff! The first albums were:
Relient K, The Anatomy of The Tongue In Cheek and Two Lefts Don't Make A Right But Three Do
Here's a sampling of that era and mooooovvvee right on after that for something better:
Hello McFly, Sadie Hawkins Dance & Chapped Lips and Things Like Chemistry
So when I heard this single:
Be My Escape
I thought to myself "When the **** did these guys become a legit band! Right from the opening guitar riff I knew it was a change. They actually had harmonies in this song! I didn't know the guy could sing (way better than any Blink guy) so THANK GOD he stopped wasting his talents on the bad copy. The lyrics weren't cornball anymore either! They were about faith as they were a Christian Rock band (you wouldn't know it by the three songs I posted prior )! The writing in this song is ambiguous as the best Christian Rock writers or any writer for that matter does!
The album that this came off was:
mmhmm
The tracks were very varied from gorgeous harmony laden rock, to fast pop punk to harder rock tracks! Here are my favorites:
I So Hate Consequences
Who I Am Hates Who I've Been
(love the lyrics)
Which To Bury, Us or the Hatchet
(an aggressive song with Banjo in it, What's better than that?)
When I Go Down
(beautiful)