Looking Inside
Posted September 05, 2007
By IronJedi,
Altarmotive is an independent band "discovered by" and signed to Fusebox frontman Billy Buchanan's Vision 1st Label. What We Have Inside Us, is a genuinely enjoyable modern rock album. The music is original and engaging, if a little thin on the production side; and the lyrics are backed by an undeniable Christian perspective.
This five piece outfit makes deft use of lead and rhythm guitars to compose layers of sleek sound interspersed with lingering melodies. The bass and drums found a driving background without being overwrought. The band never ventures far from their chosen sound, but vary things enough to effectively set the appropriate mood and tone to each song.
Songs range from motivating anthems to encouraging mid-tempo pop rock, swelling, melodic ballads to vertically-oriented modern praise alá Sonicflood and the aforementioned Fusebox. Ezra Jurado's vocals could use a little production polish on the slower cuts, but when stacked and subtly processed, they are moodily atmospheric. Overall, the members of Altarmotive fashion a slightly edgy, yet appealing commercial sound. In fact, one of their songs appeared on the CW's teen drama One Tree Hill.
Fans of Tracing Days, Over Ashes, Rush of Fools, the My Chemical Romance and Switchfoot should consider purchasing the band's independent project and ponder purchasing their up-coming national release.
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