No Serenity, No problem
Posted February 06, 2008
By Nathan,
First things first, the album this band and Healing of Harms has nothing to do with Joss Wheaton's TV show Firefly (for anyone who got Fireflight and firefly mixed up), and despite the name of the first song "serenity". Now that it's been cleared up, Fireflight is a terrific rock band fronted by amazingly talented Dawn Richardson.
Dawn Richards vocals are very impressive, as she pulls of the female rock thing very well which is shown in the very first seconds of the opening song "Serenity". Although the transition from verse to the chorus is not that smooth the does chorus flow excellently, which makes for a terrific song. The opposite is true for "Waiting" where the music for the verses are super and the chorus is only half super. The single "you decide" is brilliant, and with Josh Brown from Day of Fire helping, it makes for an awesome song.
Listeners really feel Dawn's incredible voice, especially "it's you". The song "Star of the show" starts slow, but it speeds up, plus it's the most upbeat song of the album. The heaviest song on the CD is "Liar" which is kind of moody and has some screaming going on, but it still rocks. "myself" has a spectacular flow too it, as it's one of the best songs on the album, "Something New" has a great chorus, and "Attitude" is just another great rock song. The lightest on Healing of harms is "More than a love song", which proves that Fireflight could be doing softer music and still be good at it.
Dawn Richardson
Fireflight's lyrics take a whack at lying (liar) ignoring others needs (Action, and More Than a Love Song), and about fights that don't need to be fought (attitude). Being close to God is obviously important to the band, out of that springs songs like "it's you", "waiting", and "Serenity" although the former too really don't spring much inspiration. And with songs like "you decide", it's doubtful that anyone will throw away the CD on account for the lyrics, although they could be better.
With sounds similar to Inhabited and Flyleaf, Firlflight rocks with almost every song. Incredible vocals, terrific music, and fairly good lyrics for an opening project, the Healing of Harms is well done, and Fireflight should have an impressive fan base when there sophomore album comes out.
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