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7/18/2008
CD Review: Big Daddy Weave - What Life Would Be Like
Cles Holbrook
12/4/2007
CD Review: MercyMe - All That is Within Me
Ellie Carpenter
CD Review: Bebo Norman - Christmas from the Realms of Glory
Jaymey Hardin
11/6/2007
CD Review: Tree63 - Sunday!
Christine Blundred
10/30/2007
CD Review: Sara Groves - Tell Me What You Know
Elizabeth Chan
10/25/2007
CD Review: Jars of Clay - Christmas Songs
Suzie Waltner
10/23/2007
CD Review: Steven Curtis Chapman - This Moment
Dan Taylor
10/23/2007
CD Review: David Crowder Band - Remedy
Suzie Waltner
10/23/2007
CD Review: Connersvine
Dan Taylor
10/17/2007
CD Review: Sevenglory - Atmosphere
Christine Blundred
10/11/2007
CD Review: Thousand Foot Krutch - The Flame in All of Us
Dan Taylor
10/3/2007
CD Review: Grey Holiday – Glorious Revolution
Ben Olin of
This Beautiful Republic
10/3/2007
CD Review: Fee - We Shine
Ben Olin of
This Beautiful Republic
10/2/2007
CD Review: Phil Wickham – Cannons
Mark Warren
10/1/2007
CD Review: Building 429 – Iris to Iris
Christine Blundred
9/26/2007
CD Review: BarlowGirl - How Can We Be Silent
Sparky from Kentucky
8/28/2007
CD Review: Shane & Shane - Pages
-Aaron Chambers
8/28/2007
CD Review: Casting Crowns - The Altar and the Door
-Aaron Chambers
8/28/2007
CD Review: Caedmon's Call - Overdressed
-Ryan Hicks
7/31/2007
CD Review: Mandisa
7/30/2007
CD Review: Jake Smith
Jonathan Diaz
7/24/2007
CD Review: BarlowGirl - How Can We Be Silent?
7/17/2007
CD Review: MxPx
6/30/2007
CD Review: Project 86
Jonathan
7/1/2007
CD Review: Storyside:B
Jonathan
6/30/2007
CD Review: Ruth
Jonathan
6/27/2007
CD Review: Mike Farris
Jonathan
6/19/2007
David Crowder talks about "Remedy"
jamie
5/29/2007
CD Review: Rush of Fools
5/23/2007
CD Review: The Showdown - Temptation Come My Way
Cameron
5/16/2007
CD Review: Newsboys GO Remixed
Elizabeth Chan
5/15/2007
CD Review: Everyday Sunday - Wake Up! Wake Up!
Ellie Carpenter
5/10/2007
CD Review: Dizmas - Tension
Joe
4/17/2007
CD Review: Vicky Beeching; Painting the Invisible
Grace
4/2/2007
CD Review: Bethany Dillon- Waking Up
Joe
2/22/2007
CD Review: tobyMac - Portable Sounds
Grace
2/22/2007
CD Review: tobyMac - Portable Sounds
Timothy Gerst
12/20/2006
CD Review: GRITS - Redemption
Timothy Gerst
12/20/2006
CD Review: Third Day - Christmas Offerings
Elizabeth Chan
12/15/2006
CD Review: Michael W. Smith - Stand
12/6/2006
CD Review: Unexpected Gifts: 12 New Sounds of Christmas
Elizabeth Chan
12/4/2006
CD Review: Kutless - Live From Portland
Aaron Chambers
12/4/2006
CD Review: Avalon - Faith: A Hymns Collection
Aaron Chambers
11/7/2006
CD review: Michael W. Smith - Stand
Suzie Waltner
10/11/2006
cd review: Chris Tomlin - See The Morning
10/6/2006
cd review: Falling Up - Exit Lights
8/23/2006
CD Review: Day of Fire - Cut and Move
Jessica Robin
8/18/2006
CD Review: Hillsong - Mighty to Save
John Brandon
8/15/2006
CD Review: Turn Off the Stars -
Brett Wier
6/28/2006
CD Review: Jason Morant - Open
Robert W. Blake
6/19/2006
CD Review: David Crowder Band - B Collision: The Eschatology of Bluegrass
Jeremy Koering
6/6/2006
CD Review: Day of Fire - Cut and Move
Jeremy Koering
6/6/2006
CD Review: Red - End of Silence
Jeremy Koering
6/6/2006
CD Review: The Turning - Learning To Lose
Jeremy Koering
5/24/2006
CD Review: Brenton Brown - Everlasting God
John Brandon
5/24/2006
CD Review: Building 429 - Rise
Kelly O'Neil
5/24/2006
CD Review: Run Kid Run - This is Who We Are
John Brandon
5/24/2006
CD Review: Hyper Static Union - Lifegiver
Jeremy Koering
5/24/2006
CD Review: Hawk Nelson - Smile, It's the End of the World
Jeremy Koering
5/24/2006
CD Review: Elventyseven - Land of Fake Will Believe
Jeremy Koering
5/24/2006
CD Review: Starfield - Beauty in the Broken
Jeremy Koering
3/23/2006
CD Review: Kutless - The Hearts Of The Innocent
John Brandon
3/13/2006
CD Review: Lonely Hearts - Paper Tapes
John Brandon
3/10/2006
CD Review: Caedmon's Call - In The Company Of Angels II
3/3/2006
Review: Shawn McDonald - Ripen
John Brandon
Review: Caedmon's Call - In The Company Of Angels: The World Will Sing
Jeremy Koering
Review: Ana Laura - Ana Laura
Jeremy Koering
Review: Warren Barfield - Reach
Jeremy Koering
3/3/2006
Review: Sanctus Real - The Face Of Love
Jeremy Koering
3/3/2006
Review: needtobreathe - Daylight
John Brandon
3/3/2006
Review: Mainstay - Well Meaning Fiction
John Brandon
3/3/2006
Review: The Fold - This Too Shall Pass
John Brandon
Review: Rebecca St. James - If I Had One Chance To Tell You
John Brandon
3/21/2006
CD Review: Kutless - The Hearts of the Innocent
Jeremy Koering
CD Review: Sevenglory - Atmosphere
- Christine Blundred -
10/17/2007
Artist: sevenglory
Album: Atmosphere
I had not heard of the four-member band sevenglory before receiving their album to review. But I quickly discovered that with over a month before the release of their second project, Atmosphere, the first single had already climbed to #11 on Contemporary Hit Radio charts. This young band with a little label has a big heart and is clearly doing something right. Or, more correctly, God is clearly doing something through them.
If you have not heard of them either, think a less complex version of something between Hyperstatic Union and Sanctus Real. Their desire is not focused on attaining the success of these bigger groups, however, but instead simply to reach youth, and in that sense I would say that they are very successful indeed. Songs like “Just Me” and “The Best is Yet to Come” show that the members of sevenglory are very tuned in to the issues of loneliness, belonging and acceptance with which teenagers struggle, as do the thought-provoking lyrics of “Even the Blues.” Title track and album standout “Atmosphere” shows off sevenglory’s rock chops, speaking of a desire to rise above your fears and find something greater. Listeners are also challenged to lay it all down for God and others, to move beyond their own difficulties, and to be the answer to the world’s problems (“Let it Be Love”, “The Hope”, and “Show Me the Light”).
While I have only listened to sound bytes from their first project, sevenglory’s sophomore release seems to be less blatantly Christian, perhaps allowing the band to expand beyond church venues and reach a more diverse audience. Unfortunately that also means they lack the diversity of their first album with lyrics that tend to be redundant, simplistic, and even cliché. Atmosphere is full of crisp vocals, catchy melodies and singable lyrics, but one will miss the stirring worship anthems for which they came to be known.
Sevenglory is a young band still discovering their musical identity in the ever-changing world of CCM. Atmosphere is worth a listen, and possessing as much promise as passion, I believe they have what it takes to stick around for a third offering.
Christine Blundred