A second offering from the Elefante brothers, but the only thing this album shares with the Scott Springer release is the fairly straight forward lyrics and the producers.
This four member band used to be known as Love Life, and had one album released on the Blonde Vinyl label. A blues-based rock group, the now-titled Fear Not has moved to the Pakaderm label, and the Elefantes. This is good rock and roll, with a lot of energy and just the right amount of attitude.
Lyrically, most of the album deals with how bad this world is, and how good God is. While the lyrics are straight forward, they are able to avoid most clichés. Dealing with subjects like pride, suicide, and many other evils of this world, the music is well suited to the topics.
Some of the strongest songs are "Suicide Sunshine," "Til The end of My Days," "Take Hold" and "We Have A God." The musicianship on this record is very good. The band is tight, and the Elefantes have not over-produced this record-it has just the right amount of roughness that accompanies the best rock and roll. Fans of Guardian and Bride should check this one out-Fear Not has joined the land of quality Christian hard rock.
Other coverage for this album
Heaven's Metal #43Reviewed by Doug Van PeltJohn and Dino Elefante take a lot of flak for producing a formulaic pop rock sound (and some of it is founded in truth), but ya gotta applaud 'em for their most recent hard rock feats--the monumental "Miracle Mile" album from Guardian, and this Fear Not album. What? Pat the "slick production guys" on the back for a dirty 'n' gritty hard rock album? 'Fraid so (Sorry, couldn't resist using that…Similar sounding releases
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