Raw but good
Posted August 17, 2007
By Nathan,
The under the radar 38th parallel released their debut album Turn the Tides, a CD with raw rock tunes and outstanding lyrics.
38th Parallel seems to be the Christian version of the mainstream band Linkin Park, but 38th parallel has a long way to go to reach that quality of music. The duel vocals is not done very well, making it sound raw, and the music has a lot of weak tunes where their music has almost no momentum. "wither" and "Clouded" don't sound that bad, but most of the album is not very impressive. The single "horizon" is a excellent sounding rock song as both the vocals and the music perform the best on the album.
Turn the tides has a rock solid foundation. Their lyrics are amazing some even taken right out of scripture ("who am I" and "3 times denied"). All the tracks have outstanding lyrics as 38th parallel is much more mature at song writing than at writing music.
Horizon is the pinnacle of a rough sounding album, but it also shows what 38th parallel is capable of. This band's lyrics are way ahead of their music.
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