Dave's Review

Seltzer 2:
Various Artists (Forefront)


by David Murray

Length:61:22
Cuts:Butterfly - Seven Day Jesus
Undo Me - Jennifer Knapp
Super Good Feeling - Bleach
Little Man - O C Supertones
75 Grains Of Sand - Sarah Masen
Someday - Plankeye
Suckerpunch - Five Iron Frenzy
Monkey's Paw - Smalltown Poets
The Way I Am - Reality Check
Lost The Plot - Newsboys
Free - Geoff Moore and The Distance
Hide - Echoing Green
Please Believe - Fold Zandura
Cup - Considering Lily
Jonah - Grammatrain
Locked In A Cage - Skillet
Superfriend - Audio Adrenaline

Whether you prefer to sip slowly or gulp heartily, there's plenty of Seltzer 2 to go around. The beverage selection list reads like a heavy rotation chart from a CHR (Christian Hit Radio) station. 17 flavors are available.

Styles span from ska (O. C. Supertones and Five Iron Frenzy) to electronica (The Echoing Green) with some super carbonation rock thrown in (Geoff Moore and The Distance doing "Free") and at least two former alternative bands trying their hands at straight ahead pop (Seven Day Jesus and Plankeye). Jennifer Knapp and Considering Lily serve the current "girl with a guitar" latest craze requirement. (The latter prefer to taste their seltzer water from a "Cup.") Sarah Masen's "75 Grains Of Sand" has less guitar with more keyboard colorings stirred into the mixture. Sweeping effects spatter in Skillet's "Locked In A Cage." Audio Adrenaline guzzles a glass with their "Superfriend" for the final round.

The results of the blind taste test are as follows:
Seltzer 2 is a collection of often quirky pop/rock that only gets lyrically intense in a couple of cases. Its primary value is entertainment with Christian values espoused. Taken as such, it is appetizing and will hopefully lead the partaker to pursue lyrics that are even more solid and filling in the future. Drink up.

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