Flicker band Everyday Sunday hit the national scene in 2002 with the album, Stand Up, which debuted to a moderate level of success. After honing their skills out on the road, they are back for their second go around with Anthems For the Imperfect. The group this time has chosen to focus on the theme of imperfection - the ever-popular ragamuffin gospel message. Reflective of the message, the album cover, with the one burned out light bulb, is awesome.
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A imperfect CD| Posted December 04, 2008
The cover of Everyday Sunday’s sophomore album Anthems for the imperfect captures that theme well: a row of light bulbs with one burned out. Now the saying ‘you can’t judge a CD by it’s cover’ is still true but very few CD’s capture the totality of the bands second album quite as well as Anthems of the Imperfect’s cover. Coming off of a rather strong debut, Stand Up, that’s not exactly a good thing,
Everyday Sunday weaved their intense rock tunes into their pop/rock with a good degree of skill in Stand Up. However the first difference between the albums musically is the hardest song on their sophomore album “something”, a rough rock song that would sound great if it had more refinement, but as it is the guitar strings and Trey Pearson vocals don’t stick. One of the biggest problems is that most of the time Pearson’s vocals just do not mix with the tunes whether his voice is off key or simply doesn’t reach for that high note enough. The vocals spoil a potential masterpiece “gypsy girl (what love is)” where the emotional simple verses are supported by the rock chorus.
The opening track, “I wish I could say” is a raw pop rock song which is catchy but not cutting edge, and although “bring it on” is a nice punk song the song files by too quickly and some of the music is too corny. And that is some of the better songs, when it comes to “herself” (I want a girl) come across as a run upbeat tune but the hooks are rough, and the verse of “To the Skies” is just awkward while the refrain is not much better. “Freshman year” is a nice energetic song that flows well buts its surrounded by other lesser pop rock tunes (“Comfort Zone” and “Star Of The Show”).
The mellow “I won’t give up” is offers a different approach with the light emotional pop which offers a nice change of pace except that the music is a little basic to be considered a truly amazing song; also fans must decide whether they want the long instrumental ending. Two songs which offer hope for the future for Everyday Sunday is “Untitled, Anonymous” a basic guitar driven tune with a passionate chorus which is tremendous. The final song brings in Mathew Thiessen (Relient K) to help with the emotion of what is really a soft worship song.
With the theme of imperfection in mind the songs really fall into place from the opener (“I wish I could say) where the singer wants to say everything is alright but knowing that only God can to “freshman year”. While the songwriting on “Gypsy girl (what love is) is brilliant the song focuses on a girl with God in mind (‘when will you be still and take your chances with God?’) plus the same is true with "Herself (I Want A Girl)" which discusses what the singer wants in a girlfriend ‘(She loves God with all that she brings
She brings Him everything’).
“The one” is basically a worship song, while “bring it one” is about taking the world on with God in mind (‘Bring it on, bring it on/We're bringing it for God, so bring on the crowd’ with "Comfort Zone" sharing a similar message. Most of the songs are fairly simple, but “untitled, anonymous” is better than most. Capping off the imperfection topic is "I Won't Give Up" that offers a great anthem ‘Well I tell You that I'm guilty, I messed up/Please forgive me Jesus/I promise I won't give up’.
When an artist admits an album is a half hearted release it’s likely that the album as a whole won’t be too solid. Unfortunately the theme of Imperfection in the messages is the same as the premise of the music. While there is some positive stuff for Everyday Sunday’s sophomore project even fans will have trouble coming up with stuff to gloat about.
Everyday| Posted May 26, 2008
Everyday Sunday is a band that I've been meaning to buy a CD from for a long time. When I found this at a used CD shop for $5, I couldn't resist. I love this CD. I love the sound of the lead singer's voice and the lyrics are so uplifting.
Anthems For The Imperfect| Posted January 18, 2008
I liked this CD. I thought they showed maturity and improvement from their debut disc. I like most of the songs, and really liked a few like I Wish I Could Say, Star of the Show, & Gypsy Girl.
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