Haley Montgomery – Who You Are
Feb 5, 2010 CD Reviews
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wiegmake
Haley Montgomery
Who You Are
Pyper Records
Grade – B
Haley Montgomery is an aspiring worship leader from the San Diego, California area. She has been involved with leading worship since the age of 14 while at the same time she was aspiring to be a competitive figure skater. At the age of 16, Haley felt like her calling was more towards leading worship. In 2007 Haley released her first EP titled “Breakthrough.”
Her most recent album is titled “Who You Are” and while stylistically Haley has a broad range, the main experience of the album is worship. There are times, like on the title track, where she gets growly (in a cool way) and there is definitely a pop influence on the soundtrack, but the lyrics and the themes are strongly worship oriented. My favorites are the more melodic (and sweet) songs like “Secrets of Your Love,” and “Secret Place.”
To her credit, Haley wrote or co-wrote all of the songs on “Who You Are.” The writing and music have a very strong commercial appeal as well as being perfectly suited for congregational or personal worship. The only thing I found odd was the CD packaging. The cover photo looks like an album cover from the 80’s pop sensation Tiffany. It just struck me as kind of odd and rather simple in this age of Photoshop. Minor thing I know, but they do give out major awards for packaging.
Take a moment to check out Haley’s official website and if you’re looking for some fresh sounding worship music you may just find what you’re looking for.
- Ken W.
http://www.haleymontgomery.com/
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