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BarlowGirl Review

If you are looking for a fresh, unique and edgy Christian album you have to check out this self-titled album from the all-sister band BarlowGirl! This debut album from the new band is certainly a winner. The lyrics compliment the alternative music style perfectly to get the messages in the songs across. With tracks such as “On My Own” that tell of how we fall time-and-time again because we depend on our strength is deep but expressed in the up-beat rock fashion. Even the track “Never Alone” that opens with a piano playing fading into power chords and drums the lyrics that cry for help from God continue. Their first radio single “Harder Than the First Time” has a slight pop tinge to the rock style and yet it does not fail to share hope as the other songs. Other great tracks (such as “Average Girl” and “Clothes”) lead to the last song: “Surrender”. This track has some of the most moving lyrics: “Told me the world has yet to see/What you can do with one / That’s committed to your call./ I know of course what I should do / That I can’t hold these dreams forever./ But if I give them now to you / Will you take them Away forever? Or can I dream again?” Best of all the girls play all the instruments (some back-up instruments are played by others); from bass guitar to drums to keyboard to electric guitar. Not only that but every song was written by the three band members which can assure anyone that the songs come from their heart and are driven by what they have experienced first-hand. I highly recommend this album for you to purchase for yourself and your friends.

Review by: Anonymous, MusiChristian.com