Letters to the President

Smile, It's the End of the World	Hawk Nelson Is My Friend	We Can't Stand Sitting Down We Can't Stand Sitting Down, Stellar Kart's sophomore album, is sure to be an amazing follow-up after the band received Dove Award nominations for 2006's New Artist Of The Year and Rock Album Of The Year for their first release.	Five Score and Seven Years Ago Relient K's fifth CD is a diverse modern rock album that's so varied at times it sounds like a mix tape. "Take the Fifth" pulses with lush, Beach Boys-y harmonies, "Forgiven" is a piano-driven tune that sounds like early U2, and the dueling guitar feedback that opens "I Need You"...	Comatose
All Gas. No Brake. Aptly titled "all gas. no brake," Stellar Kart's energetic debut release is a rollicking ride around the musical track. Stylistically drawing comparisons to Green Day, Blink 182, and early Audio Adrenaline (a self-confessed influence), these four lads from Phoenix know how to rev...	Hawk Nelson Is My Friend (CD/DVD)	MMHMM	Oh! Gravity. With Oh! Gravity, the San Diego-based modern rock act delivers their best album in years, one that fully reconciles their (Christian) faith with their (considerable) talent. It's diverse but not overly so, and while the production work of veteran Tim Palmer (U2, Tears for Fears) ...	Let It Snow Baby... Let It Reindeer The punnily-titled Let It Snow Baby… Let It Reindeer has much to offer fans of the band as well as listeners in search of an untraditional approach to Christmas music. Much of the material here was already released as their first holiday outing, 2003's Deck the Halls, Bruise ...

Really catchy
This group got my 12 yo son interested in crossing over and listening to Christian Rock in addition to secular music. My husband and I like it as well.

Rock That Doesn't Take Itself Too Seriously
Trevor McNeven brought these guys into the Tooth & Nail fold, which is interesting considering there's some real comparisons to Hawk, and TFK side-project FM Static. The result is an improved fusion of both bands, with original Hawk mixed in. "California," "Someone Else Before," "Letters To The President," "36 Days," are the highlights of the album, with all but the last being great punk rock songs that rival even Releint K, while the latter song is a I-Miss-You ballad, which is sung beautifully, and has great lyrics. "Like A Racecar" is the only song I didn't like, which sounds way too much like TFK, which could be explained by the presence of McNeven. The song seems very out of place on the album, and could have been saved for another album. But's it's nice the band is trying all forms of rock on the album. The rest of the album is a mixture of funky punk rock, and some slower songs that don't detract from the album at all, and might even enhance it. Some of the songs are short, but they burst of pure energy that could be compared to MxPx in their style of let the dam flow. Or, let it all out, don't stop. Overall, a great debut by some rockin' boys from Canada, this is my favorite punk rock CD, and for good reason. The band really does a great job here, and leaves nothing in the open. It's an open and shut case, if you're looking for good rock, this is the CD for you. As for the deluxe edition. The acoustic versions are good, not exactly for the punk fan, but for the pop/rock fan, buy it. The other two tracks are fillers, Jason Dunn speaking in French? Please, I've seen some pitiful bonus material, but this takes the croissant. The other track you shouldn't buy is the introduction to "My Generation" which tells the basic information about the song. Hawk likes the Who, and they played it on a now cancelled TV show, big deal. The cover is OK, not a big fan of The Who, but hey, it's OK. I bought this album not having the original album, so I was pleased that I waited. Now, why can't the band keep putting out more bonus material for their new album? Pet peeve maybe, but buy this edition if you don't own the album. If you do, buy the non-useless material off the Amazon MP3 Store.

Hawk Nelson Rocks!
Hawk Nelson is incredible! If you like Punk Rock, you MUST Buy this CD! They are the ultimate christian punk rock bad! Check out their other CD "smile its the end of the world" as well. Both Sweet albums. these guys are extremely talented, with fun, upbeat songs.

Music to walk to
As a college student I spend an overwhelming amount of time treking across my university's campus. Without music to accompany my journeys, I believe I might go insane from all the stress of my classes. Luckily, this album is full of nothing but satisfying music that does well to calm my nerves in between my periods of education. I enjoyed Hawk Nelson's music on this album so much that I went ahead and purchased their other album, Smile it's the End of the World, and was not dissappointed.

Wow...
I just saw these guys in concert, and they are amazing. I would recommend them to anyone who likes Punkish types of rock, but aren't willing to delve into the dark avenues thereof. If you're wishing to go up on the "Hard Rock Scale for Christian Bands", I would recommend Family Force 5. If you're wishing to go a little softer, I would recommend The Afters. Finally I find a few bands that aren't all the same!!!