Krystal Meyers is ready to stand and scream
Posted June 16, 2008
By Nathan,
After her successful self titled debut, Krystal Meyers is back, with one of the better produces helping her, Ian Eskelin. Her latest album, Dying for a heart is pretty popular, as she continues to be among the best in her style of music.
Pegged as the Christian version of Avil Levine is a not an easy reputation to sustain. While her voice sounds similar to Levine’s in some songs, Krystal Meyers music doesn’t always flow as smoothly and it certainly doesn’t have a the same punk rock that Levine uses. Moving past comparisons Krystal Meyers music is a more rock with pop mixed in, as none of her songs could be defined as punk, “the situation” or “only you make me happy” are probably the closest. Her music doesn’t stray much past pop/rock, but on “stand and scream” she sings almost quickly enough to be called rap.
A couple killers come up in her music like the ending bit in the chorus on radio hit “collide”, and the base is a little too much in light rock/pop tune “together”. Meyers has a great voice, and it helps her especially on the light “hallelujah” and on the hit single “beauty of grace”. The latter is a very melodic, very graceful tune, which flows well and has an infectious light pop tune. “The situation” is solid and so is “love is on the run”, but unfortunately not every song is flows wonderfully or sounds great. The rock song “Live” sounds too much like “Collide” and the cheesy “only you make me happy” didn’t have to make the final cut.
Avil Levine’s lyrics are as not as nice as her music, which gives Krystal Meyers a head start with families. Although that doesn’t mean she gets a bye, she does throw out some good topics. “The situation” is surprisingly bold and explicit about purity and “skake it off” asks God to help her ‘shake off’ the troubles and the words that the world attacks with. Alas not everything is perfect “beauty of grace” is a simple song about the wonder of grace and “hallelujah” is a undemanding worship song. Besides her simplicity in some cases “only you make me happy” is weak (but it does state ‘Fame and fortune/Blind ambition/can’t replace/The love You’ve given’), and “together” has a unfortunately similar statement.
It’s unfortunate when Krystal Meyers is the main leader in her genre, when her lyrics, with a few exceptions, are as simple and weak as they are. Also her music on Dying for a Heart, while mostly enjoyable, is flawed. But when it comes to what the mainstream has to offer Krystal Meyers’s is a good choice.
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