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over a delicate piano and soft guitars. NOW HEAR THIS continued from page 32 The album closes with a jump back to band leaving their rock roots behind, the sugary pop sound from the first ushering in a pop-worship sound like half of the album, and possibly the best Hillsong Young & Free and Shinebright. offering of the bunch, “Wilderness.” The 29-minute EP starts off with three Though each song is catchy and dance-ready and youth-friendly pop vibrant, this album is a bit light on songs, “Can’t Get Enough,” “Faithful,” theological and scriptural depth. To and cheerfulness their credit, young listeners--who are that permeates these first three “Fortress.” The clearly the target audience here--will songs can largely be attributed to enjoy being able to sing along quickly the infectious guitar and synth hooks while learning about some basic as well as the trio’s joyful vocals. foundations of the Christian faith such “Til I See,” “You Remain,” and “Take as God’s grace and love. I applaud Me To The Cross” take a shift towards Scarlet Fade for taking a risk and a slower pop/rock worship sound that attempting to reach out to a different works pretty well for the band, but is group with the Gospel. I hope that as still held back by safe execution. Their they grow, their music will grow as radio single, “You Remain,” is the well, but even still, any fan of youthful highlight of these three, speaking of the energetic pop music will be a good everlasting endurance of God’s grace candidate to enjoy this release. The acoustic preamp everyone is talking about. Studio Quality, Stage Friendly, 2 Channel Instrument & Mic Preamp / EQ / DI / Blender “Man, FELiX sounds great! And it really helps because it eliminates another piece of gear for me. Now, I have everything I need in a single unit: the mic preamp for my acoustic bass, great EQ, and flexible I/O. It works great for my electric bass too. Home-run! Killer!” — John Patitucci, Solo Artist, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter “I’ve been loving the FELiX. I feel that the pure tone of my banjo is now coming through, and that nothing is degrading the sound along the way. I would highly recommend it to those that can hear the difference!” — Béla Fleck, Grammy Winning Instrumentalist and Composer “After trying what seemed like every preamp on the market, I’ve happily settled on the Felix for upright bass. Sounds amazing, is very flexible and works better than anything I’ve tried...This thing is genius!” — Mark Robertson, The Legendary Shack Shakers “Congrats on making a great box. I’ve been hoping for something of this caliber for years and years. It renders my pedal board of the last several years obsolete and useless. It’s easy to use and sounds like I’d hoped. Bottom line - this is the best preamp I’ve ever used.” — Bryan Sutton, Six Time Winner of the IBMA’s Guitarist of the Year Come meet FELiX at NAMM booth #1779 www.gracedesign.com