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is the major-label debut of
, a Little Rock, AR-based quartet led by the soaring vocals of 20-year-old
. Emboldened by the inclusion of its single "Bring Me to Life" on the soundtrack to the hit film Daredevil,
debuted at an impressive number seven on Billboard's Top 40. But "Bring Me to Life" is a bit misleading. A flawless slice of
-style anguish pop, it's actually a duet between
and
'
. In fact, almost half of
's 11 songs are piano-driven ballads that suggest
if she wore too much mascara and recorded for the
label. The other half of the album does include flashes of the single's PG-rated nu-metal ("Everybody's Fool," "Going Under"). But it's the symphonic goth rock of groups like
that influences most of
. Ethereal synths float above
's crunching guitar in "Haunted," while "Whisper" even features apocalyptic strings and a scary chorus of Latin voices right out of Carmina Burana. "Tourniquet" is an anguished, urgent rocker driven by chugging guitars and spiraling synths, with brooding lyrics that reference
's Christian values: "Am I too lost to be saved?/Am I too lost?/My God! My tourniquet/Return to me salvation." The song is
's emotional center point and defines the band's sound. ~ Johnny Loftus