New Kutless single

http://www.myspace.com/kutless

As you can see you're a litle behind the times. Good song though.

I think this is the third topic we have had on this song. Good song though.

I agree, good song. But I'm holding my excitement until I can hear more songs.

I like the song a lot and think that the rest of the CD will be great. But, then again, I am a total Kutless junkie who has liked everything else they've released.

Since you've all heard the first song from the CD, you should now go to their MySpace and hear a 2nd song called "Complete". It's a lot poppier and radio friendly than the first clip they posted.

Dude that song rocks

You can sample all of the tracks now at JesusFreakHideout:

http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/ToKnowThatYoureAlive.asp

After listening to the clips, I think that the new disc is gonna be more akin to "Sea Of Faces" than anything else they've done. Nearly half the disc seems like it's gonna be radio friendly ballads. I'll still get it and wait to pass judgement on it until after I've heard it. But, it seems like Kutless may have "jumped the shark".

alldatndensum wrote:

You can sample all of the tracks now at JesusFreakHideout:

http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/ToKnowThatYoureAlive.asp

Cool, off to check it out.

alldatndensum wrote:

Nearly half the disc seems like it's gonna be radio friendly ballads.

So not good for me. Oh well I'll still get it and do like I did to the rest of their albums. Rip the harder songs onto a cdr and probably never listen to the mellow one's again.

Yep it did sound like 5 or 6 tracks were either ballads or slower "radio friendly" tunes.

What really bummed me out is that all of the songs were only 21 seconds long.
I don't think I can bring myself to buy an album if all the songs are gonna be that short.

It seems some like "To Know That You Are Alive"
Does it mean Kutless made an album with radio friendly songs they align more on secular people?

To be honest I love the "Sea Of Faces".
This album was a great strengthto me in a very tough time in my life.
It's not easy to listen how a song sounds in 21 seconds.

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Does it mean Kutless made an album with radio friendly songs they align more on secular people?

Not really. When it comes to contemporary Christian radio, they tend to shy away from hard rock bands' heavier songs and just play their softer, slower songs. So, when I said "radio friendly", I was referring to softer songs that the typical Christian radio will play.

For myself, I liked "Sea Of Faces", too. But, with that CD, the rockin' tracks outnumbered the softer, slow songs. With the new disc, it sounds like the slower songs are outnumbering the rockers.

For me I like it or I don't like it.
I am not the person who only loves music when it's hard rock.
For me it has to be a balance of good music and lyrics.
Some bands make hard songs I really don't like.

avdb11 wrote:

For me I like it or I don't like it.
I am not the person who only loves music when it's hard rock.
For me it has to be a balance of good music and lyrics.
Some bands make hard songs I really don't like.

Well said! That statement fits me as well.
I often like many of the radio friendly hits, as well as the hard rocking songs.
But I don't like either unless they are pleasently memorable (usually with a decent hook).

I typically like the radio friendly hits. However, if a band that is known to be a rock band puts more of those types of songs on their disc instead of rockers, then I would probably not enjoy the CD as much.