What does Anchor and Braille, FM Static, The Almost, and Fiction Family have in common? They are all side projects to other bands. Anchor and Braille features Stephen Christian of Anberlin and Aaron Marsh of Copeland, FM Static features frontman Trevor McNevan and drummer Steve Augustine of TFK, The Almost features Aaron Gillespie from Underoath (Now i suppose this is Aaron's main band since he is no longer involved with Underoath) and Fiction Family features Jon Foreman of Switchfoot and Nickel Creek guitarist Sean Watkins. For the most part bands like these put out one album it usually is pretty good and then we never hear from them again! however that is not the case when it comes to FM Static.
This is FM Static's third studio album and there is no sign of them slowing down at all! I don't recall ever seeing them live, however i have seen TFK many times over and im sure the shows are similar! When it comes to their albums i have to say that to this day and likely forever their first album is my favorite! i listened to that baby over and over growing up in high school. that being said the two albums they put out since have been very solid.
When looking at dear diary i feel that they used some of their sounds from their first album which may be why i like this one so much. there isn't a track on this album that i don't like or a track that bores me at all. Starting off with Boy moves to a new town kicks the momentum to a jump start right away, Boy meets girl has a very similar style to their first album and brings me back to high school, and The voyage of beliefs is a personal favorite adding some female vocals for one of the first times on FM Static.
In the end Dear Diary is a very solid album that has a lot of good thought provoking spiritual questions as well as some good ol dance/sing along tracks! FM's newest addition is worth checking out if your a lover of solid Christian albums!
1. "Boy Moves to a New Town With Optimistic Outlook" – 3:52***
2. "The Unavoidable Battle of Feeling on the Outside" – 3:36
3. "Boy Meets Girl (and Vice Versa)" – 3:02***
4. "Sometimes You Can Forget Who You Are" – 3:12
5. "Man Whatcha Doin'?" – 2:07*
6. "The Voyage of Beliefs (featuring Tricia Brock of Superchick)" – 3:13***
7. "Her Father's Song" – 3:23*
8. "Take Me As I Am" – 3:34
9. "Dear God" – 3:47*
10. "The Shindig (Off to College)" – 2:55*
FM Static-Dear Diary:10/10
R.I.P. Dana Key. Half of influential Contemporary Christian Music duo DeGarmo & Key, passed away June 6 2010. In addition to being a singer, he'd also founded ForeFront records and worked with EMI's Christian label. He was 56.
4 comments:
Don't you remember seeing F.M. Static at Creation the first year?
kinda, it seems so long ago now! i was 16 the first year we went haha!
-bent ;)
As I remember it, the fringe stage was having sound issues when they were playing.
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