Relient K presses on! | Posted July 25, 2007
Relient K's Anatomy of tongue in cheek, really hit the hammer on the head. With singles like "pressing on", "Sadie Hawkins dance" and "for the moments I feel faint" Relient K starts to stake its claim in Christian music.
The music while not perfect is excellent, with little room to improve. This is shown on tracks like "pressing on" and "Sadie Hawkins dance", on which it seems they captured the "punkish" sound well. Tracks like "break down" and "down in flames" don't move along as smoothly, but still are terrific songs. The rock tune "failure to excommunicate" is edgy, but still very solid and is a glimpse of what is to come.
The messages they send, are deeper than your average second CD, punk/rock group, and tackle issues like Christians not being Christians (down in flames), blaming others (maybe it's maybiline) and "failure to excommunicate" is a another tremendous song among several. Relient K also slows down on tracks like "those words are not enough", "for the moments I feel faint", and "less is more", which will satisfy those who prefer a more worship overtone.
In the mix of playful and short songs is a solid style of music, and surprisingly deeper lyrics. While there is room for some improvement, Relient K scores big on Anatomy of Tongue in Cheek.
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