I've decided that I'm going to start posting a "Band of the Week" entry... This one's a little late, but I want to get another one in before... um. Yeah. It's a secret. Anyway.
This week's band is The Classic Crime. Hailing from Seattle, The Classic Crime consists of Matt MacDonald (vocals), Justin DeQue (guitar), Robbie Negrin (guitar), Skip Erickson (drums), and Alan Clark (bass). The band is "labeled" as alternative/indie/rock. However, these vague labels come nowhere near describing the sheer beauty and energy of their music.
Although the band does not label themselves as a "Christian band," they are signed with Tooth and Nail Records. Many of their lyrics speak of a deep faith, hope in something more than the world, and love. Their latest album, "A Silver Cord," is a metaphor taken from the Old Testament.
This band has incredible talent and a sound all their own. The songs are catchy without being annoying, and make you think without shoving anything down your throat.
Lyric samples:
Don't waste your time if you've got it /The tides are turning now/You are not alone
-We All Look Elsewhere- Albatross- 2006
And I hope you know that Someone out there loves you/So don't give yourself away/and don't listen to them when they say/"This is the way that you are."
-The Way That You Are-The Silver Cord-2008
I've got a sneaking suspicion/That hindsight only favors good vision.
-5805- The Silver Cord- 2008
So I will sing/and you will hear me/and join the chorus so we can start again/Our voices raised
are flawed but freeing/our souls so we can change and start again.
-Sing- The Silver Cord- 2008
I still hold the belief that we are free/that we don't need the rules to see/that despite what we've done, we're not alone/We're closer than we think to home
-Closer than We Think- The Silver Cord- 2008
Oh, all the memories we had/framed in our minds like photographs/take a second, take a second/and make this last/here's where the future meets the past.
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