Much like The Narrator in "The Great Divorce", many of us find ourselves looking for a road to some other place. With Conquering The Fear Of Flight, Wavorly leads us through a musical landscape that journeys toward that "other place" we often hope to discover, basing several songs on the C.S. Lewis classic.
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Great lyrics.| Posted August 22, 2007
This is Wavorly's debut CD on Flicker records. These guys are from Tupelo, Mississippi. The CD is produced by Rob Graves who produced Red's debut CD. Also Trevor from Thousand Foot Krutch did some songwriting on the CD.
What I like the best about this CD is its lyrics. They have dept in their lyrics for being their first major label CD. Sometimes this is the case because it is the first CD a group has on a major where the lyrics are thought through. Also maybe they didn't have a lot of pressure to release a CD fast with it being their first CD out.
The music is similar to Stellar Kart and Nevertheless. I don't like the lead vocal as much as these other bands.
If you like rock/punk/pop music with deep lyrics check this band out.
C.S. Lews Would Be Proud - If He Liked Hard Rock| Posted August 01, 2007
When I picked up 'Wavorly' at the nearest Christian Bookstore, the cashier beamed me a blinding smile. 'This is one of the best rocks CD's ever,' she said brightly. 'I highly recommend it.' Obviously, I presumed, this CD must be pretty good.
And it was. From the classical string introduction, I knew this was band that was different from the rest of the metal infused, hard rock, Christian artists - and they weren't as unnecessarily wild as the rest of them. The strings slowly faded into heavy rock guitar, which evolved into the frenzied guitar riff of the band's first rock single 'Madmen.' The whole song was excellent, with well crafted lyrics that spoke out against our culture's obsession with entertainment. The next song, 'Part One', came in with a screeching background guitar and poetic lyrics about a man in the 'Great Divorce' that C.S. Lewis vividly describes in his fictional book. All in all, the combination of first class rock music and excellent, C.S. Lewis inspired intelligent lyrics had me intrigued.
Not every song is on something super deep or super poetic. The song 'Summer's Song' is a quiet acoustic romance song, which I think is better than most, with its catchy chorus and evident call to purity before marriage, without leaving behind its hopelessly romantic lyrics. And then there is the song 'Praise and Adore (Some Live Without It)' which is one of the best songs on the CD, and one of the best worship songs I've heard in a while. The song beautifully proclaims 'So I praise and adore/You made the world beautiful/ And I can't stand and deny/ You created Life/ And some live without it.' The addition of the 'some live without it' makes the song really powerful, as it laments the fact that some people will go through this whole life without recognizing and knowing Jesus as Creator, Lord, and Savior. Very powerful. 'Sleeper' and 'How Have We Come So Far' are not quiet, but not quite that rocky, and both are excellent, earnest, songs.
But that covers the softer songs. 'Endless Day', about a man waiting for heaven is pretty hard, as is 'Twenty-Twenty'. I thought 'Time I Understood' was fantastic with its heavy palm muted intro riff, and energetic verses. 'Forgive and Forget' is one of the hardest songs, and it comes along with one of the album's catchiest choruses: 'How could I choose not to forgive/ With everything you choose to forget?/ And still we will be loved.'
Then there is hardest song (in my opinion), and also the most poetic: The Tale of the Dragon's Defeat. The epic song seems to start as a metaphor for Jesus coming to the world to save His bride, but then evolves into a direct line from Christ to Satan: 'I died so she could have more/ the Life that she now finds in me/ is the tale of the dragon's defeat.'
At the end of the album is short strings composition; their seems to be little classical music performances after the end of many of the songs also which is a nice touch - it adds sophistication and beauty to the bombastic songs with the roaring electric guitars.
Because of the originality of the band, their poetic lyrics, the good message, and their powerful sound, I give them the highest rating. But what is the moral of this review? Trust the cashier at your local Christian Bookstore.
Wow!| Posted July 24, 2007
I was hooked the first time I heard Madmen, and marked my calendar for the release of this album. Upon listening to the full album, it wasn't quite the sound I was expecting, but I was pleasantly surprised nonetheless. Wavorly modernizes the 80's mainstream alternative style (Midnight Oil, Depeche Mode) with a success that very few bands have matched in recent years. This is most notable on Part One, Forgive and Forget, and Tale of the Dragon's Defeat. Time I Understood, Stay With Me, and Endless Day are solid radio-hit contenders, and the short instrumentals inerwoven throughout the album are fresh and different. The only downside is that Wavorly, more often than not, misses the mark when they slow it down- although Praise and Adore shows promise in this area. All in all, a great album from a band that has the talent to produce many more!
Great Album!!!| Posted July 24, 2007
This album is amazing!! These guys rock. I love the songs Madmen and Praise and Adore. I'd recommend this album to everybody.
awesome| Posted July 18, 2007
never really heard of these guys until i went to the c28 concert and they totally caught me off guard. they are a very good band and the cd is pretty good.
amazing| Posted July 17, 2007
i saw this band in concert before the album was realiesed and they were amazing
i couldnt wait until the album finally came out
Surprise| Posted July 18, 2007
I don't usually expect to here anything as polished as this cd on the first release.
I'm thourghly enjoyng this disc and will keep my eyes open to future releases.
Woooohooooo!!!| Posted July 10, 2007
Wavorly absolutely rocks my world!!! They are all amazing musicians, and they produce amazing music!!! I love Wavorly!!
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