Serving as the follow-up to Addison Road's sophomore project, Always Loved You :: EP sets the stage for this young band to explode to new heights. Featuring six fairly upbeat tracks, Addison Road has certainly expanded its influences and matured its songwriting. Once compared to Avril Lavigne in the past, the band fronted by Jenny Simmons has shed most of its former self and picked up on more of an indie-rock sound, a transition aided quite well with the addition of drummer Jeff Sutton since the last project. The atmospheric guitars of Ryan Gregg and Ryan Simmons drive most of the tracks, while Travis Lawrence and Sutton hold down the rhythm section quite well, especially with Sutton's explosive style. As for songwriting, Addison Road has made more of a shift to vertical lyrics this go around. Without ever sounding cliché, the album is more worship-oriented and feels quite fresh compared to most of what is in the Christian market these days. By the time you reach the end of the Always Loved You :: EP, you still want more, so hopefully Addison Road's next project will be a full-length. This promising Texas band stands on the verge of doing something big and luckily for them, they're moving in the right direction.
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The Phantom Tollbooth 2005Reviewed by Andrew West GriffinTexas seems to be a hotbed of great new music these days. It's home to young and energetic bands like Tyler's Eisley and San Antonio's Circleslide. It's a state that can also claim the very cool, and relatively new rock quintet Addison Road. I had enjoyed their debut Breaking Beautifully back in 2004 and found them to be quite promising. Lead singer Jenny Simmons, along with her guitarist husband…The Phantom Tollbooth 2005Reviewed by Kevin MathewsHighly reminiscent of Sixpence None the Richer, Addison Road is a delightfully forceful, adroitly spiritual quintet fronted by the talented Jenny Simmons on lead vocals. Ryan Gregg, the main songwriter and guitarist is adept at carving personal lyrics to God that are confessional and worshipful at the same time. The highlight is the opening Always Loved You, which summarizes what every Christian…Similar sounding releases
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