This review is a couple of months late and for that I apologize for that. But it's better late than never. Basically, I just want to talk about how much I love The Chariot's new album titled "Long Live."
First let me just say that a lot of the music that I've listened to since I've been an old man in college has been really chill. I would find myself listening to folk or indie music and sometimes I'd realize that I was listening to... wait for it... indie folk. I know, I know. I sound like a Starbucks addicted, Yagoot loving, Borders shopping Hipster. And I am, I can't deny that, but this album re-awoke the Scenester in me. It helped me start listening to the music that I really enjoy again. And I don't mean metal music, I just mean music with life to it. Music with an energy in it that can get your adrenaline pumping through your veins.
This album, like any Chariot album , is chaotic and angry. Josh Scogin, the singer, screams lyrics about revolution. What is the revolution? Well, he speaks out about a revolution in Christianity, alongside a revolution in music. That this subculture of being in a ministry band and/or the supporters of these bands aren't going to fade away, but rather we're going to change the world. They're chanting "Long Live" to this movement. In their song "The City", Scogin screams, "We can't hope that somebody else takes our place." Meaning we need to spread the Gospel and not rely on others to do it for us. We need to revolt against this world and change it.
I love this album because it has one of the greatest calls to actions that I've ever heard in song. And if you're looking to get pumped up this is where you have to go.
For fans of: Norma Jean, mewithoutYou's (A to B:Life), riots, and raw steak.
