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SAMUEL LANE TWENTY ONE PILOTS
The Difference Trench
The second release from this Vineyard music It’s Meany in love? And is it possible we feel the same?”
leader offers a powerful and personal soul/ (Mutemath) directs the latest collection from “My Blood” is sung by a sacrificial protector:
rock statement of worship and devotion. Zach Tyler Joseph. Listening to the album in isolation “You don’t need to run. If you find yourself in
Williams and Russ Taff fans will appreciate may prove enjoyable but confusing, for it’s just a lion’s den, I’ll jump right in and pull my pin.”
his gritty rasp, with contemporary, anthemic one piece of a massive multimedia puzzle that “Neon Gravestones” speaks against suicide:
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Mark includes clues to meaning scattered throughout “Could it be true that some could be tempted
McMillan. Long form songs (five, six, even seven music videos and documents posted on a to use this mistake as a form of aggression…
minutes) provide room for the compositions to mysterious web site, as well as allusions to the thinking, ‘I’ll teach them’? Well, I'm refusing
breathe. Simmering intensity is the name of the lyrics and characters of previous TOP albums. the lesson.” “Smithereens” describes Joseph’s
game here, with the sedate introductions often The upshot of it all is a story about the battle protective devotion to his wife, while “Legend”
giving little hint of the thunder awaiting before with depression, represented as a character pays tribute to his deceased grandfather.
all is sung. Lane’s creative guitar phrasings named Clancy seeking escape from the city Musical elements reflecting both TOP’s past
recall John Mayer or Scott Dente. Lyrics focus of Demas. Christian references are oblique and Mutemath flow throughout the album, with
resolutely on the Savior. Album highlight: The rather than explicit. “Morph” wonders what mellow beats underlying both the rap and pop
epic “The Moments.” it will be like in heaven: “If and when we go segments of various tracks.
above, the question still remains: Are we still
Robert Berman
Robert is a Sunday School teacher, music nerd,
and acoustic guitar enthusiast. He lives in rural
Tennessee with his wife and three boys.