Blog Archive for October 2025
Album Of The Day: Catch For Us The Foxes by meWithoutYou
Released 21 years ago this past Sunday, this is the second studio album from meWithoutYou, a very unique indie rock band. Aaron Weiss's vocals are spoken word, then screaming, and sometimes even more traditional singing. Sometimes the music is beautiful instrumentals, other times a raging cacophony of guitars, drums and other instruments. And the lyrics are very interesting poetry, by which I mean that most of the time I don't know what they're talking about, but I still like it. Depending on the type of music you like, it might take a few listens to really appreciate this, but I really do like this band for the avant garde art they make. Seriously give this album a listen at least once and you might find you like it more than you first expected.
Release Year: 2004
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Album Of The Day: Live At The Bitter End by Burlap To Cashmere
I spent too much time on other things today, so I've only got time for an EP for today. This is a classic live EP from a very talented band out of New York City. Burlap To Cashmere had yet to record a studio album, but they recorded these five songs at the the legendary Manhattan rock club. Lead singer and songwriter Steven Delopoulos is one of my favorite songwriters ever and the band is clearly very talented. Some of their best songs from their first studio album are captured live here, including "Eileen's Song", one of my favorite songs ever and "Anybody Out There?". "Basic Instructions" closes out this recording with this barn burner of a song and some great drum solos and other instrumentals. This EP is a great introduction to this band or a great listen for long-time fans who have only listened to the studio album. Included here is both the original 1997 and the 1999 re-release version artwork.
Release Year: 1997
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Album Of The Day: Freedom by Darrell Evans
This is one of my favorite modern worship albums ever, and now that it was released 27 years ago, it's a classic, I guess. Darrell Evans wrote 10 great rock/pop songs of worship and praise to God, sort of like hymns with more contemporary music styles. Many of the songs on this album have extended instrumental jams or spontaneous singing of praise. The guitar from a young Lincoln Brewster is some of the best work of his career. Songs like "Trading My Sorrows", "So Good To Me", and "Freedom" start out the album with tons of energy and exude the joy a life in God provides. And deeper into the album, Evans waxes poetic about God's love, God's care for us, and God's personal relationship with us. There's not many studio albums that capture the spontaneity and energy of live worship music as well as this recording does, and I still love playing this album regularly.
Release Year: 1998
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Album Of The Day: Dark Is The Way, Light Is A Place by Anberlin
Released 15 years ago last month, this is the fifth studio album from alternative rock band Anberlin. While some of their other albums were a bit more epic, sprawling affairs comprised of rock anthems and slower love songs, this album is a tighter 10-song album. "We Owe This To Ourselves", "Impossible" and "Closer" let the guitars rage and singer Stephen Christian scream a bit, the slower songs like "You Belong Here", "The Art Of War" and "Take Me (As You Found Me)" give Christian's vocals and lyricism opportunities to shine as well. Lyrically, most of the songs are sung to a lover, I think, if not being about the song's author themselves. This is one of Anberlin's albums I have listened to less often than some of their other albums, but it is a good set of songs even if not their most memorable album. If it's been a while since you listened, you might like it more than you remember.
Release Year: 2010
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Album Of The Day: As Long As I Am In The Tent of This Body I Will Make A Joyful Noise Pt. 1 by John Van Deusen
Released today, this is the sixth album from John Van Deusen, an indie-rock, indie-folk artist who was the lead singer of band The Lonely Forest. Musically, this is definitely a rock album with lots of experimentation, but the lyrics are unexpectedly songs of praise, worship and pleas for help to God. Like the cover artwork is a collage of various works, the music pulls from many styles, and the lyrics draw on the Bible, his own experiences, and much more. This is very different from the stadium pop/rock anthems that is popular in modern church music today, and I think it's refreshing. John Van Deusen has been making music as a solo artist for over 8 years, and even among his albums, this one seems even more epic and earnest. I think this is an album I am going to be listening and processing over the coming months.
Release Year: 2025
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