I Will Go is not the Loveliest Sound
Posted March 19, 2008
By Nathan,
Starfield hit their peak Beauty in the Broken but now the Canadian praise and worship/rock guys are trying to surpass that. Their latest album I Will Go is a ten track CD with basic medium rock and unoriginal concepts for their songs.
The album hits stores the twenty-fifth of March, just in time for Easter, and it only makes sense that Starfield wants to honor the occasion with Hillsongs' song "hosanna". Even though the song isn't theirs it is still a nice addition to the album plus the intro is great. To compare some of this albums songs to something popular, just take the Lincoln Brewster's "everlasting God" sound and that take care of "from the corners to the earth" and "the loveliest sound". The latter is a worship song with a good bridge but it drags on too long.
The title track "I will go" has a heavy rock guitar intro but it does not show up anytime the singer is singing, so the song is only so-so. The album also has some light rock tunes like "remain" and "only hope". There are times then Starfield sounds like a heavier mercyme especially on "The Loveliest Sound". The album ends with "only hope which is a nice soft song. For the most part the music is not new and it's more often than not the music is easy to listen to and easy to forget.
The lyrics are not complex at all; they are mainly worship songs with basic and used ideas. "From the Corners of the Earth" is just a worship song and so is "Hosanna" and this might come as a shock but so is "holy is our God". There are a couple of songs that deal with sacrifice like "I will go" and "reign in me" and they are nice. The songs "remain" and "all we need" are yawners and "only hope" is nothing special lyrically.
While I will go will please fans it is not a great CD. It's a solid collection of decent songs with decent lyrics, that are not shallow, but they don't challenge anything either. To improve Starfield needs more inspiration lyrics and more ear catching music.
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