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    Identity

    Hope and a Future

    (2003)

    Reviewed by Len Nash

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    ccmpop rock

    We vary, yet as Christians we are of a similar identity. Identity is a Christian band from Youngstown, Ohio. Fronted by a vocalist who has an awesome range and youth, Sara Pecchia, Sara's voice is a bit drawled back at times; at other times it's loose and all over the place. Knowing how to play, and play it well, Identity plays a sound of rock, yet its main sound feels like '80s influence with electronic keyboards, plus a bit of the classic rock, and a touch of a western style. The recording would be a superb one if it wasn't for the recording sounding too fuzzy, like a live recording in a closed room. Identity has a fine start going, for innocent, church-friendly music all the way through, lyrically, musically, and mission-wise.

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