The new Craig's Brother was recorded by Darren Grahn at the Greenhouse Studios in Canada. The result is on the disc in my CD-player. Honestly, the only song of the band I knew before was Lonely Girl from their Tooth & Nail debut which was a catchy poppunk tune. Lost At Sea is a bit in that vein yet it's surprisingly pop oriented. The album starts with Glory, a rather beautiful song with the melodic hooks the pop punk fan will like. The song also features a children's choir. However, the booklet doesn't give any information about this. Nor about the orchestrations in the marvellous song Back And Forth. Even if you're not into pop punk, this album offers enough to check out. There are faster parts in songs, like in Divorce, but also some pop oriented heavy rock songs. There's variety, though not too much. I think the band made an enjoyable effort on this disc.
Other coverage for this album
HM Magazine #88Reviewed by Jason DoddThe short of it: This is a very strong pop-rock album with well-written and executed (most of the time) smart pop-rock songs. The drawn out, admittedly projected long of it: The thinking man's SoCal rock-roll band have finally followed up their '98 debut Homecoming. And it would seem that Ted Bond has been doing some more thinking between records -- sure, about life, faith, relationships, human…Similar sounding releases
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