“The Video Store” and “Girl of the Year” are a couple fun songs about guys and girls. “The Next Big Thing” criticizes our culture’s obsession with celebrities and becoming famous: “Now here you are with a nicer car, but do you really know what the meaning of life is?” “America’s Freak” encourages kids to not fit in with what the world wants us to be and not conform to its image. “Six Candles” talks of the need of someone greater than ourselves to make it through this life. While the occasional light song comes up, as a whole the album deals with some very practical issues in teenagers lives. While Trevor still sings with enthusiasm, he is not as light-hearted and you can tell he is taking his work more seriously, especially on “Tonight” in which he remembers the loss of a loved one.īut perhaps the best difference between the two albums is the latest one’s lyrical depth. Case in point, a couple acoustic tracks sneak in (“Moment of Truth” and “Six Candles”). While What are we waiting for sped through each of its tracks, FM Static seemed to slow things down with their new release. The CDs do have their similarities (a couple of songs about girls pop up) but as a whole, from lyrics and vocals to music the contrasts are obvious. It is almost as if the group totally reinvented themselves, with an amazing result. It is difficult to compare the two albums because of their many differences. The album lacks much of the pep of the first album, but the enthusiasm, while masked at times, is still there. The group took three years to release their next CD, and it seems a lot of water went under the proverbial bridge. “Something to believe in” is a great song that discusses teenagers need for a Savior: “Who’s out there, who’s gonna save us before we all fall through the cracks in the pavement.” Unfortunately the rest of the tracks follow the mould of “Definitely Maybe” where the group talks about another boy’s girlfriend: “I said ‘yo, are you going to the party at the cove tonight,’ she said ‘he’s picking me up at six tonight and I don’t wanna disappoint my boyfriend.’” However, if you’re looking for a fun album with incredibly catchy beats (even though they do sometimes seem to all sound the same) your search ends here. Out of the eleven tracks, one dealt with spiritual matters while the other ten reminisced on high school, first radios and of course, girls. As a result, the lyrical depth was not all that great. While many of Thousand Foot Krutch’s songs are melancholy and tend toward the heavier side, this group of songs was all about enjoying life and having a good time. The CD features one upbeat, infectious song after another. But its greatness cannot be understood without a review of the first album.įM Static’s 2003 debut release is one of the greatest summer albums ever. Their latest release did the unbelievable by surpassing its predecessor in every conceivable way. Then, this August the group put out their sophomore release, Critically Ashamed. What was originally meant as a one-time thing became a success and the group started opening up for Thousand Foot Krutch. So, the two formed a side project called FM Static and released their first CD entitled What are We Waiting For, an upbeat summer project with fast music and fun lyrics. In 2002, Thousand Foot Krutch lead singer Trevor McNevan and drummer Steve Augustine came up with a few songs for the group, but realized they weren’t exactly the style of songs TFK performed.
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