For as short as it is, (just over 37 minutes), Seventh Day Slumber rocks hard and rocks well. Picking Up The Pieces, self-produced by the band and mixed by Guardian's Tony Palacios, is the band's breakthrough album. With fearless abandon, the quartet belts out cuts like "Innocence" and "Candy" with an earnestness that is convincing. Opening track "I Know" delivers a solid message with lyrics like this:
You have your Savior on the cross
While you sit on the throne
Put yourself up on that cross
And put your Savior on the throne
Cutting guitars, driving drums and bass, and intense vocals combine with raw energy and a heavy beat for the majority of the album, but the band shows its musicality on tracks like "More" with a clean, acoustic-based sound.
Fans of King's X will find a lot to like in Seventh Day Slumber's rock style. While the lyrics are more straightforward and simple, the message is clear, and the method is what will hold the listeners attention. If Seventh Day Slumber can consistently put out music of this high quality, there will be another force to reckon with on the hard music scene.
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