Member Since: 06/11/2005
Band Website: http://www.reverbnation.com/toddberger
Band Members:
Influences: Beck, Portishead, Stars of the Lid, Sigur Ros, Moby, Gnarls Barkley, Kevin Prosch, Art of Noise, Radiohead, Billy Corgan, Keane, David Crowder Band, U2, Athlete, Telefone Tel Aviv, Mutemath, Coldplay, Mute Math, Ben Harper, Damien Rice, Delirious, John Mark McMillan, Jason Upton, John Mayer, Matt Redman, Misty Edwards, Suzy Yaraei, Rita Springer, The Prayer Chain, Over the Rhine, Carla Adolphe, Andy Hunter, Mars Ill, Mat Kearney, and Underworld
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Reviewed by: Samuel Aaron
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If you would have told me that a Christian worship band would release a completely unique album of progressive pop, I would have laughed. Worship bands are lucky if they could even remotely sound like what is currently popular – let alone trying to sound ahead of the game, but that is what this album does...
...The words are taken, for the most part, directly from the book of Psalms, but they are mixed into the samplings, symphonies and backbeats to give them a completely chilled effect.
...I cannot stress enough that this is a truly original release; highly stylized and lushly arraigned it is the perfect addition to any music collection, and don’t let the worship title get you down, even if your not a Christian you should find enough talent and beauty in this release to make you hum along without any kind of guilt.
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Editor's Review, Download.com
Labeling their electro-pop hybrid "ambietronic," this Cleveland outfit underscores spiritual lyrics with a Reznorian affinity for heavy synths and stripped vocals. The group nods at fellow cross-techno innovators from Moby to the Chemical Brothers, but refuses to makes up its mind between pop and beats."
Record Label: Worship Circle Records
Type of Label: Indie