A step down

After a very solid rock album Phenomenon, Thousand Foot Krutch followed it up with the Art of Braking a much anticipated album. The problem with a big hit is the band has to come out with another CD al least as good in quality, if not better.

Some of Thousand Foot Krutch’s best moments on the Art of Braking is the solid rock tunes like their singles “Absolute”, “move” and the title track, unfortunately the singles are pretty much the best part of the album, because everything else is simple and not that impressive rock. “Stranger”, “go”, and “slow bleed” are not bad but they don’t have the life that the singles have,

Over all what keeps the album from sinking into a “just a couple good songs CD” is the title tracks excellent sound and pace. Also the song “hurt” is super, along with the smash hit “breathe you in”; both are light but very well done and are the high points on the album. But for the most part the rest of the CD is just okay.

The bands Lyrics are another annoying part on the album, as it seems in a few songs that Thousand Foot Krutch just throws in extra lyrics to make their songs rhyme. However there some good stuff on the album like “hurt” and “breathe you in”, and there is some clever song writing to.

Art of Braking is a good rock CD, but Thousand Foot Krutch did not make this one a Phenomenon.