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August '04 Update


  • Three Strand: Soft and sweet vocals to mellow artsy instrumentals --too soft for my listening pleasure. It's safe rock. It's not hard enough to offend even a critic. [2]
  • 65dBA: Praise and Worship choir with soft-arena rock backing. Hints of techno and MOR came through at times. Vocals got a bit cliche. [2]
  • A Cross Between: Pleasant rock to soft rock with lots of classic rock flavorings in both the vocals and instrumentals. Vocally, I was reminded on occasion of Foreigner or the Eagles. At times they got a bit boyband popish. [3]
  • La Rue: Very interesting style! It appeared I was going to get a light dance-pop band judging by the cover. I was nicely surprised. It's laid-back alternative with a strong, very ear-tasty blend of male and female voices. Lots of airy ethereal sounds in the vocals (was that redundant?). Hints at classic artsy-rock in some organ and orchestral strings. [5]
  • 4 Him: MOR arena with lots of electric keyboard effects. 4 Him is not as boy-bandish as I expected. Their sound borders on southern gospel, and is often preachy. [2]
  • Tony Vincent: Spacey ethereal vocals. Artsy pop with techno flavors, but not irritatingly so. George Michael sounds came through at times on the vocal, as did Freddie Mercury (Queen) and even, in contrast, Billy Idol. [4]
  • Soul Shock Remedy: Arena rock with interest. I can't put my finger on it, but it's not like that mass of arena rock that nearly saturated the CCM market. [4]
  • Eddie DeGarmo: Soft arena pop with cliche, instructional, preachy lyrics. [3]
  • Truth: Arena Praise and Worship. [2]
  • Electronic Preachers: Key phrases of sermons set to electronically manipulated music. Even though the style might not appeal to many, the messages and musical arrangements are most interest-grabbing. [4]
  • Between Thieves: No-questions rock. Lots of classic influence. [5]
  • Human Song: Unclear about the artist/title, but MusicMatch on my computer told me the group was Human Song and the CD title was First Call. Soft arena praise and worship, with lots of '40s USO-style backup vocal harmonies. Lyrically cliche at times, but a fun sound. [3]
  • Halo: Again, I wasn't sure if the band's name was Halo or Heaven Calling. Powell's Encyclopedia cleared that up for me. Pure arena rock, like Foreigner, but not quite so emotionally whining. A bit cliche in the lyrics. [3]

    Refresher: The bracketted numbers are my own personal ratings. They're on a 1-5 scale with [1] meaning I definitely don't like to listen

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