Finally there appears to be a response to the current trend of young girls with major recording contracts making bubble gum pop. Enter Paige, a 16-year-old who writes her own songs, has a solid voice, and is a star softball player back home in Texas.
Paige's music is more advanced than bubble gum pop. Her lyrics are deeper than anything you'll ever find in a Britney Spears or Christina Aguilera liner note. Her voice is an interesting combination of the soul of Jennifer Knapp, the stridency of Alanis Morissette and the fire of Dolores O'Riordan (of Cranberries fame). She does all the vocals on the album, and the harmonies are well put together, especially for a 16-year-old singer.
The music itself is a deeper type of pop music that shows great promise for the future of Paige's career. She is not content using the standard ways of writing songs, and enjoys employing different sounds besides guitars, drums and bass (she's even got brass instruments on one song).
The most important thing present in Paige's music is her focus, which is right where it should be: solely on God. There are no songs to boyfriends (current or future), only solid testaments to life with Christ and the love He has for us. Paige also realizes that there are things that get in the way of our relationship with the Heavenly Father. She addresses these in 'jonah' with the lyrics, "I want to rid myself of everything but You / My soul is dying / I want to fill it up with everything that's true / and I am crying out to You." Pretty deep stuff from someone as old as Britney Spears when she sang 'Baby One More Time.'
I hope Paige is around for a while, because she shows some serious promise.
Other coverage for this album
The Phantom Tollbooth 2001Reviewed by Jessica Heikoop17-year-old Paige Lewis has sprung into the Christian music scene with her self-titled debut album, creating quite a name for herself. With its up-beat tempos mixed with her strong, yet often computer enhanced voice, occasionally mixed with some heavier guitars and drums, the album takes on a different sound making it hard to categorize into one specific genre. Starting with the song "Hide Myself…
