
Usually I get in a lot of trouble reviewing a U2 album in this magazine, but I think I'll get away with it this time without much complaint. This is the U2 album fans have been waiting for ever since Bono stated that he still hadn't found what he's looking for. In all seriousness, Deliriou5? is very very similar to the "band of the 80's" known as U2. The lead-off track here ("Sanctify") sounds a lot like the song "One," but then track two ("Deeper") takes the band into Newsboys territory. The big deal on this band is they are mega-popular in Great Britain, and not just in the small Christian music scene, either. Most of the songs are worship-like, without resorting to the chorus-overkill method that you'll hear a lot on Integrity-Hosanna albums. Nothing gets too heavy here, but Deliriou5? can lay down some dirty noise ("Promise"), and they might just do okay on modern rock radio in the USA too. Unlike many other members of the Christian media, I'm not ga-ga over this band (mostly because I love my music very hard), but I do think they're cool. I'm not serious about the "here's a Christian version of U2" comment, but I think it's funny due to the uncanny similarities. They're not going to be able to dodge the comparisons.