FM Static- Dear DiaryRelease date: April 7, 2009April 20, 2009
Pop punk with an honest streak, this is the album you've been waiting for. Many will know frontman Trevor McNevan from his efforts in the rock group Thousand Foot Krutch, but few are intimately acquainted with his side project, FM Static. FM Static has released two other cds that have scraped the high side of bad (What are you waiting for?; Critically Ashamed). This album, on the other hand, leaves the others behind in a cloud of smoke.
Dear Diary is a simple concept album which depicts the journal entries of a teenage boy who moves to a new town and jumps into high school, soon to end up in over his head. This album deals with many serious issues teens face, whether it's God's activity in our lives, making one's faith their own, coping in tragedy, feeling on the outside, or finding who you are. I was blown away by the musicianship and lyrical value of this masterpiece. Hopefully you are too.
Musically, this album shines, dipping from many genres outside of the standard pop-punk formula. This is truly a gem, with standout tracks like "The Unavoidable Battle...," "Man Watcha Doin?," "Voyage of Beliefs," "Her Father's Song," "Take Me As I Am," and "Dear God."
CHRanonymous: 9/10
-joe
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