The sticker on the front of this CD reads as follows, "Absolutely amazing! Emotional subtle rock with a heavy bass sound, nice breakdowns, and some not too cheesy solos. A great purchase. This blows most bands in the indie/emo/whatever genre away". TP- Second Nature Magazine. Well good old TP took the words right out of my mouth. This is Joshua's third release(they already put out two EP's, one on Immigrant Sun, and the other on Doghouse Records). I have a feeling this band is going to get a lot of attention, and they deserve it. The fact that J. Robbins produced this release, at his now famous Inner Ear Studio's, only adds to the quality of this fine release. On this nine song CD Joshua gives you songs with great melodies, dynamic percussion, melodic guitars, heavy bass lines and that classic emotional vocal sung from the heart of frontman Dan Coutant. The opening track is a song called "I'll See You Never" and it is one of the best songs I have heard in a long time. I would buy this CD just to have this song. The song is catchy, has great lyrics, and I actually caught myself dancing around to the jazzy feel of it. It also helped that it had a really cool line that I found myself really relating to. The line goes,"I'm not half that brave I live life so safe always keeping quiet at those times when I've got the most to say." That line just kind of reminded me of how I'm not always willing to get out of my comfort zone and share my faith with others. Other highlights of the CD include "Just Can't Change" with its rockin' emo sound, and the ballad sounding "Pull Me Out". If you're looking for a CD that is well produced, kind of fits into the whole emo genre, and has really well written songs with lyrics that are very thought provoking, then Joshua is a band for you. The more I listen to this CD, the more and more I get into it.
A-
Other coverage for this album
Decapolis 1999Reviewed by ConradI guess this is emo, or post hardcore/pop, whatever, I don't care. It's good for what it is. Weird chords and chord progressions. The main good thing about it is that its all upbeat. I couldn't really get into the vocals. Musically its really creative. But I'll take catchy melodies over creativity any day (I gave the rip off band Huntingtons a B+). Don't let my score fool you, its really good if…Decapolis 1999Reviewed by dmkThe drummer really loves his crash cymbal. And when these guys get to flat out rockin', it sounds like car chase rock or something. Sure, they churn out some mid-tempo stuff, but the only other word I can use to describe them is punchy. Punchy-rock. I don't know what you call the music. (I hate labels.) I just know I like it. This is the kind of stuff I used to promote concerts to hear. BSimilar sounding releases
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