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DISCIPLE \u201cSKELETON PSALMS\u201d ALBUM REVIEW<\/b><\/p>\n
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By Colin Cruz, TheBlast.FM Program Director<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I never thought I\u2019d hear gospel music (or what used to be referred to as \u201cblack gospel\u201d), on a Disciple album, but those are the opening sounds of their new record <\/span>Skeleton Psalms<\/span><\/i>, which comes out April 28th on BEC\/Tooth & Nail Records. \u00a0 But as long as Kevin Young\u2019s band has been around, there is no need to question his modus operandi.\u00a0 It works.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0You\u2019ve heard the shrill screams and monstrous guitars of the lead track <\/span>The Executioner<\/span><\/i> on both The Blast and The Implosion (oh YEAH, it\u2019s that heavy) over the last 15 weeks.\u00a0 So what does the rest of the album sound like?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n If this album was a radio station, going from track 1 to track 2 <\/span>Promise To Live<\/span><\/i>, it would be a train wreck, as this is a beautiful pop-rock song with a pretty soft melodic intro.\u00a0 But when the magnificence of this song is realized, that is quickly forgotten.\u00a0 This song appears to go out to all who struggle with life\u2019s regrets\u2026and thoughts of suicide.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Regrets, cutting, drugs, thoughts of suicide.\u00a0 The struggle is real.\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0Promise To Live<\/span><\/i> is so heartfelt. \u00a0 \u201cThis is where redemption lives.\u00a0 All your death will be resurrected again.\u00a0 This is not your downfall.\u00a0 It is not your curtain call.\u00a0 It\u2019s only the start\u201d.\u00a0 As I listened to this song for the first time, I felt God reassuring me and us that He is so in love with who we are. \u00a0 This song brings tears to my eyes.\u00a0 \u201cI vow to hold you till you break through, just swear you\u2019ll stay alive\u201d.\u00a0 If you are struggling with suicidal thoughts, I encourage you to listen to this song and hold tight to the mighty arms of Jesus!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Since the album is called <\/span>Skeleton Psalms <\/span><\/i>and track 3 is <\/span>Skeleton Psalm<\/span><\/i>\u2026it <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>is the closest thing there is to a title track on this collection of tunes. This hard driving grinder finds Kevin Young pressing into Jesus, wanting more\u2026 \u201cI need a new love, a liberation, I need a real self-revelation, I need to know what I am living for\u2026show me the world you want me reaching for.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bad Words<\/span><\/i> starts out with some all-out screaming from Mister Young mixed in with fierce guitar work from Andrew Stanton and Josiah Prince and relentless drumming from Joey West, and it stays on a brutal METAL track throughout!\u00a0 Kevin won\u2019t apologize for his faith in this upside-down Bizarro World we live in, where right is wrong and wrong is right.\u00a0 Wow, this song is jaw-droppingly amazing both musically and lyrically:<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve got these bad words foaming at my mouth.\u00a0 Kicking my teeth out.\u00a0 My philosophy is your profanity.\u00a0 You can ban these bad words foaming at my mouth but you can\u2019t censor the sound.\u00a0 Your obscenity is my identity. He who Christ sets free is free indeed.\u00a0 I won\u2019t apologize.\u00a0 Nothing\u2019s gonna silence my beliefs.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Resurrecting Reasons<\/span><\/i> answers the question\u2026will the Disciple power ballads continue now that Disciple\u2019s altar ego worship band Honor & Glory is in existence?\u00a0 And the answer is yes!\u00a0 That makes sense, as the Honor & Glory songs are vertical and this tune is horizontal.\u00a0 We get some southern rock vocal stylings from Young in this ditty.\u00a0 And we get to hear the word Jesus a lot on this album.\u00a0 I think that is 3 songs so far, and I love it.\u00a0 And with this band, it\u2019s not for the JPM\u2019s\u2026they mean it, and they feel it\u2026and you\u2019ll feel the resurrection power of Jesus in this song.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dawning Of Deliverance <\/span><\/i>starts out really heavy.\u00a0 Is this going to be a melody of old Deliverance songs?\u00a0 No, of course not.\u00a0 Ah, but the guitar solo will get 80\u2019s metal fans excited. \u201cYou pull me under the water so I can breathe again. This is the dawning of deliverance\u201d.\u00a0 This heavy banger reminds us how we come to new life in Jesus Christ and that we need to fix our eyes on Him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 20:20 Blind <\/span><\/i>Wasn\u2019t that the name of an obscure Christian Rock band?\u00a0 This track has a theme of casting off the sadness and the misery and the naysayers and only listening to what God\u2019s report is for your situation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cDon\u2019t wanna hear another lie of a sad song.\u00a0 Tonight I feel what I haven\u2019t felt in so long.\u00a0 Just let me ride to the rhythm of your love song and get swept away.\u00a0 All I see is you.\u00a0 When I\u2019m 20\/20 Blind.\u201d\u00a0 Have some things in your past you need to let go of?\u00a0 Listen to this\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019re shining down all over me\u2026your glory lighting up my face\u2026my past is burning in your grace.\u201d\u00a0 Ooh, I love that.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Scapegoat<\/span><\/i> has an awesome intro\u2026the beginning of this sounds like an 80\u2019s space video game meets the sound of listening for aliens meets industrial music.\u00a0 Well, kind of.\u00a0 What do you hear? The deeper I get into this album, the more it hits me\u2026I used to think of Disciple as a hard rock band, but <\/span>dude<\/span><\/i>\u2026they are <\/span>so metal. <\/span><\/i>\u00a0And I love it! \u00a0 Feeling some industrial undertones in this song, too, and that\u2019s a good thing.\u00a0 Hey maybe we can get them to do a whole industrial song on their next album\u2026maybe involve Travis Wyrick and\/or Jason Wisdom of Death Therapy in the venture?\u00a0 On that note, how about a collab with John Cooper of Skillet?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The intro to <\/span>Bow Down <\/span><\/i>made me go\u2026what the heck?\u2026so creative, musically.\u00a0 You\u2019ll just have to hear it.\u00a0 I think the lyrics here are \u201cThe hand of the Father is my shield and my dagger.\u00a0 The blood of Messiah is my torch and my fire\u2026.\u201d Wow, the guitars on this album have made my blue eyes get big on multiple occasions.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Alright, turn on the light on your smart phone and wave your arm back and forth in the air.\u00a0 <\/span>For The Life Of Me<\/span><\/i>, the final song on the album is by far the mellowest track.\u00a0 A nice soft landing after the ramping, jarring organized chaos of the previous 9 tracks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I give <\/span>Skeleton Psalms<\/span><\/i> 5 stars out of 5.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 DISCIPLE \u201cSKELETON PSALMS\u201d ALBUM REVIEW By Colin Cruz, TheBlast.FM Program Director I never thought I\u2019d hear gospel music (or what used to be referred to as \u201cblack gospel\u201d), on a Disciple album, but those are the opening sounds of their new record Skeleton Psalms, which comes out April 28th on BEC\/Tooth & […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[75,76,54,66,55,65,107,67,60],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theblast.fm\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3856"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theblast.fm\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theblast.fm\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theblast.fm\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theblast.fm\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3856"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.theblast.fm\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3859,"href":"https:\/\/www.theblast.fm\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3856\/revisions\/3859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theblast.fm\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theblast.fm\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theblast.fm\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}