Pillar brings their best Game
Posted February 27, 2008
By Nathan,
After an unimpressive, experiment effort by Pillar (the Reckoning) which they left their usual band name style, they are back now going with the traditional text. Going back the traditional album art seemed to help things, because their latest album For the Love of the Game is definitely top notch, improved rock.
Pillar went back to old school rock on his CD, as shown on the title track "for the love of the game" which is a heavy rock song with just a hint of screaming, overall though it is great. After the first song Pillar gets on a roll; "turn it up" is a fun rock tune, and reckless youth is heavy, but they might have gotten a little carried away with the electric guitar. "State of emergency" is a solid rock song, but the album does slow down a bit with "smiling down" which nice light rock song.
After ten years in the Christian rock business the music just keeps getting better and more refined. The song "runaway" is a very fast paced rock song, and the heaviest song on the album is "Throwdown". The music is really heavy and it contains the most screaming on the ten track CD. "I fade away" is another good rock song, and Get back's music has a little techno mixed in with the rock and light screaming. The album ends with the lighter (as light as Pillar ever gets) "forever starts now" but it does not sound all right.
The title is fueled by 1 Corinthians: 9:24-25 about the athletes who would not quite until they achieved the prize. The title track is a great anthem ("fight through the hurt, fight through the pain/we live our lives for the love of the game"); "Throwdown" and "get back" are other similar anthems which consider spiritual warfare. The lyrics and messages are excellent all the way around from living your faith regardless of what the world thinks ("reckless youth" which does include a gun metaphor) remembering the less fortunate ("state of emergency"), and thoughts about eternity ("forever starts now"). I fade away is even a Pillar worship song.
Pillar brings their best game on this album, as it's full of cutting edge rock, strong lyrics, and excellent anthems including one every Christian music fan can enjoy ("turn it up"). For the Love of the Game is a treat to play.
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