Forward to the next archive
Back to the archives index
Back to the current edition of NFN
Back to the ESL home page
Delirious? Have inspired many of the young bands currently playing the local Christian circuits up and down the country, but here's one who have gone one step further. Y Friday have been playing in their native north-east of England for some time, and have now been picked up by Soul Survivor. The music isn't just a Delirious? tribute, and the band's style reflects that. Based around the vocals and songwriting of Ken Riley, they cleverly mix rock with praise and worship that, overall, works well. "Holy, Holy, Holy" is quite an attacking number while the following "Closer" and "Thank You For the Cross" show the true strength of Riley's gifts. It's not a one man show though, far from it, in fact. The rest of the band show what skillful musicians they are, especially on my favourite track "Greatest". "Part of Me", on the other hand, is quite weak in comparisson and "If" is another that didn't make the grade. However, the closing "Here" is a song of epic proportions with the simple statement "I Will Worship You". 8/10. (January 2000)
Here's the Hillsongs Australia youth album that is supposed to
reach the parts of young people that other albums cannot reach!
So many styles contained within the 10 tracks that there must
be something for everybody. Saying that, styles are spread so
thinly that you may well find you only enjoying one particular
track out of the whole thing. For grunge and metal fans, take
"Servethe Man" or "God Made the World", complete
with it's Metallica guitars and grunting vocals. For the dance
freaks, there's the sugary synth pop "Real" or the rapping
"True Disciple". Even if you're stuck in the 80's with
Bon Jovi rock, try "Are You Hungry". I think it's a
brave try for something a bit different but I'm not convinced
that it will actually serve it's purpose. Let's pray I'm wrong.
5/10. (May 1999)
Forward to the next archive
Back to the archives index
Back to the current edition of NFN
Back to the ESL home page