Red Umbrella – Living and Surviving
Jun 8, 2009 CD Reviews
Red Umbrella
Living and Surviving
7 Spin Music
Grade – A
Red Umbrella follows up their excellent debut (Wishing For Boardwalk) with their impressive sophomore effort. “Living and Surviving” demonstrates the bands musical growth from their first album. The band still retains the ELO and Beatle-ish sound yet emphasizes their indie feel that leaves a sound like The Killers.
Just like in their last album, Red Umbrella displays their faith through their lyrics yet they don’t beat you over the head with their message. “Prison Side” tells the story of a judgmental person receiving judgment upon himself. “Boompop” has a message about a faith lifestyle as apposed to a consumerism lifestyle. “Whisper All Your Love” tells of how He is always loving us no matter where we are at in our walk with Him. “Crazy (All Of Me)” takes its imagery directly out of a C. S. Lewis’ “Out of the Silent Planet.” “Babbling Brook” along with the title track asks the question “Will you live, or just survive?”
The only problem I have with the album is that it is only about thirty-two minutes long. Kinda leaves you wanting more. The weakest cut on the album happens to be a cover of The Byrds hit, “Turn, Turn, Turn.” The song does get better towards the end when the musicality of Red Umbrella comes out.
If you liked their first album you will definitely like this one. I would recommend this album to anyone.
Josh B.
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