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I'm a typical British indie kid to most people who know me- a huge fan of The Libertines, The Futureheads, The Smiths et al. But like a lot of other indie kids, I indulge in guilty pleasures. Guilty pop-punk pleasures. I turn to Relient K for my necessary 'silly music' every now and then.But Relient K aren't just silly. Sure, they write songs like "My Girl's Ex-Boyfriend", a throaway gloat to their new love's old flame, but again and again in this album they hit us with religious lyrics, packed full of morals and pleas of forgiveness. These four twenty-somethings are christians, and they're notmore… afraid to let mainstream America, their main audience, know it. In "Be My Escape", honey-voiced Matthew Thiessen, or 'Matty T' to his fans, sings "I know to live, you must give your life away"- a reference to Christ dying on the cross for us to live. A highlight of the album, 'Be My Escape' is a craftily structured song, with a loud, guitar-driven chorus evolving into a delicate piano-led verse and a chorus merging the two melodies. The song is reminiscent of slightly less religious punks Alkaline Trio.These cherubs can get angry too, however. In "Which To Bury, Us Or The Hatchet?", Thiessen delivers a loud, throaty performance in the chorus, something never revealed in Relient K's songs previously. Angrily, Matty T sings, "No, I don't hate you/Don't wanna fight you"- even when they're angsty, they churn out christian morals! Can these guys do no wrong?The direction changes several times in the album. "Maintain Conciousness" is not dissimilar to pop-punk peers Blink-182, with its stomping verse and full-throttle singalong chorus. "This Week The Trend" is a playful bash at fashions and fads which dominate teen lives in the 21st century. And "The One I'm Waiting For" is an ode to a girl that 'everybody wants, but nobody wants her to know that'.Through all this guitar-driven rock, though, one becomes reminiscent of the acoustic lullabies previously delivered through songs such as "Getting Into You" on previous album "Two Lefts Don't Make A Right... But Three Do". On previous albums these acoustic gems have been highlights, tear-stirring anthems with production stripped back and the band's real talent showing through. Relient K deliver suddenly and tremendously with "When I Go Down", a 6 and-a-half minute acoustic ballad, featuring the lyrics "And I just pray my problems go away if they're ignored, but that's not the way it works". Tuneful? Completely. Beautiful? Wonderfully. Heart-wrenchingly tear-jerking? Absolutely. As the album draws to a close on "Apathetic Way To Be", you've been taken on a soul-searching journey, a rollercoaster ride of fun and been given a high dose of teenage hormones. Relient K deserve to be as big as Green Day... without the swear-words.

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Relient K - Mmhmm (2004) Retail CD

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