Bulldog Music Reviews

THE CLASSIC CRIME-THE SILVER CORD



1. The End*
2. Just A Man*
3. Grave Digging*
4. The Way That You Are*
5. 5805*
6. Salt In The Snow
7. Abracadavers*
8. R&R
9. God and Drugs
10. Medisin
11. The Ascent
12. Sing
13. Everything
14. Closer Than We Think
15. The Beginning (A Simple Seed)*

This post goes out to Drew Brown the only other Classic Crime fan i know! so i picked up this album over summer during Creation Fest, now that i think of it i picked up their first album from creation fest as well. now the first album "Albatross" was amazing (check out the song "the fight" and youll see what i mean) but their second (LP) is surprisingly even better! i wasnt sure how they would pull off an even greater album but they did!

The Classic Crime seems to be one of those bands that is super talented but no one really knows about them, or if they do its "ya i heard about them." they are in my opinion a hidden jewel. they recently put out a softer/acoustic EP titled "The Seattle Sessions" that was also amazing! its actually quite shocking how no one really knows these guys due to three great albums!

once again we run into the norm from "tooth an nail records" the question of what is the difference between a "Christian band" and "Christians in a band?" well for these guys this is what i found out from an interview with the band (Matt Macdonald is the lead singer). Some fans have assumed that The Classic Crime is a "Christian band" due to being signed on to Tooth & Nail Records. However, The Classic Crime does not label themselves a 'Christian' band. Matt spoke on the subject saying "We believe faith is personal, and can be only held by an individual person. To entitle a group "Christian" would be to assume that the group has a collective soul, or at least individual souls tied to a solid collective belief. Not everyone in our band is decidedly set in their faith, and we respect that."Justin DuQue (guitar) stated that "3 of the 5 members in the band are Christian. We get that a lot being on a pseudo-Christian label (Tooth & Nail) but no we are not a Christian band. Our lyrics are very positive and hopeful though". Also, in an interview, vocalist Matt MacDonald spoke about how The Classic Crime does not like the Christian music industry! all this being said it would appear that a band to be a "Christian band" all members must be Christians! ha i think over these reviews we may slowly resolve this again lets move on!

Anyway overall this CD was a great surprise and i found that i was loving each song! the thing that these guys do real well is there guitar riffs and making each song exciting and fun! i also love how they have the entire band doing vocal parts together throughout the album. this album also takes on a bit of a heavier darker sound compared to their last album "Albatross" which i hope they carry on to their next album.

So talk to Drew he will tell ya anything you need to know over in GF, my opinion is more people need to be checking out this band there are a lot of great bands on tooth And Nail but these guys are prolly one of my favorite of the tooth and nail roster. again if your an anberlin, emery, the almost fan then you will love these guys! a great album to listen to while playing sports or rocking out in the car (or even better 4x4ing up Motto).

check out the album at http://www.purevolume.com/theclassiccrime just copy and paste this on your search bar! keep it real and thanks for reading my spree of music reviews! ill keep trying to fire them out through out the week!

Overall i give this album a 10/10

-bent ;)