Future of Forestry - Twilight Review

Future of Forestry - Twilight

Rating

RIYL

Copeland
Interpol
Dredg
Silent Drive

Tracklist

1. Open Wide
2. All I Want
3. Twilight
4. Speak To Me Gently
5. Thinking of You
6. Sunrising
7. Sacred Place
8. You and I
9. Sanctitatis
10. If You Find Her
11. Gazing
12. Stay Beside Me

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Few bands are able to transcend genres and create music that is both powerful and moving without being over-indulgent and unoriginal in the process. The influences and creativity of every band member becomes an integral part of the song writing process. The end product is desired to be this very music that transcends and moves us. Unfortunately, this isn’t a simple process and many musicians struggle to overcome the bland. Out of a desire to overcome this drab music, the notion of 'epic' comes to mind; to create music that is so monumental and inspiring that it leaves the listener with chills. Again, it's not an easy task to create something 'epic'.

So where does a band turn for inspiration of 'epic' proportions? Perhaps to God, as Future of Forestry have done on their latest effort, Twilight. This is not to say that religion hasn’t always played in important role in the band – clearly, religious themes are rooted deeply within each song on the album, and this might be where Future of Forestry begins to wane.

Consider this: You’re hungry and cold as you sit on a street corner. From across the road you see an old man beckon you towards his home, right beside a towering structure that you can’t quite make out. Out of desperation you quickly oblige and the old man welcomes you into his home. While you eat he quickly begins to initiate conversation about the benefits of religion and the capabilities of God. You might have reconsidered your decision to enter the man’s home if you had previously known what you know now. As you leave the house and walk down the street you are able to see that the large building that you couldn’t make out before is actually a church. You had just spoken with the minister.

This analogy is an attempt to explain the intense spiritual nature of Twilight. While the album may start out with seemingly small touches of religious messages it soon becomes apparent that this pious nature overpowers the music itself. Lyrics aside, the instrumentals on Twilight are solid and polished; at some points they might even be classified as overdone. Clearly, the band was going for the 'epic' sound that was discussed earlier. While they do achieve some sort of transcendence in their music, it is none more refreshing than that feeling of empowerment you get from going to church once a year. Consider this album if the messages of Underoath and Copeland are too passive for your liking, but be warned that Future of Forestry delivers Christianity in heavy doses.

--Chad Quenneville

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Last updated: 09/29/2009 08:55PM

Comments

Jeremy Deal

02/09/2007

09:10AM

Age: 32

Yeah, I'd have to agree with you. I'm going off my sucky memory, as it's been a little since I listened to this one, but I do remember thinking that the message they were going for did kind of overtake the music. I'm all for not discriminating against a band for it's beliefs... it is music that's important after all, but when the subject matter takes too much precedence, it's impossible not to feel it affecting your whole enjoyment.

"These are our lives, but did they ever even matter - are we worth remembering?"
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M.J.Austin

02/09/2007

09:18AM

Location
Dallas, Texas

Welcome aboard Chad, I think you're new here. Though I do think you could have described the actual music a little more (because it's what makes this album suck so badly, not so much the message), this is a well written review.

Otherwise, I couldn't agree more with this score more. This band sucks. This LP sucks and the EP before it sucks. I so wanted to trash this crap but I never got around to it. All boring and not original in any way.

Composing

02/09/2007

12:46PM

Age: 25

Location
Waterloo, Ontario

Thanks for the great imput guys - I agree that I should focus more on the music and less on the message. Although I find lyrics in music to be pretty important, they're definitely not the focal point. I'll keep that in mind for my next review and hopefully I can bring something else to the table. The CD wasn't a great listen at all - it got harder to listen to each time through. But it's over now and time to start the next!

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Jeremy Deal

02/09/2007

01:09PM

Age: 32

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Thanks for the great imput guys - I agree that I should focus more on the music and less on the message. Although I find lyrics in music to be pretty important, they're definitely not the focal point. I'll keep that in mind for my next review and hopefully I can bring something else to the table. The CD wasn't a great listen at all - it got harder to listen to each time through. But it's over now and time to start the next!

S'kay - I found this album hard to finish once... and there was not much to be noted on the cd besides the high amount of annoyances in the lyrics. Lyrics are equally a big deal to me.. I know it's not everything, but if you're rating a disc as a whole, they are part of the package and can severly detract from it.

"These are our lives, but did they ever even matter - are we worth remembering?"
- "Tip The Scales"
Rise Against

cyanide2600

02/09/2007

01:44PM

Location
Finland

All I Want is a very nice song, rest of the album is so boring.

lpshinobi

02/09/2007

05:09PM

Age: 23

Location
VT

Hard to get into this. It's just so preachy.

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From Monument to Masses//an ounce of prevention
Straylight Run//i'm through with the past

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Rick Gebhardt

02/16/2007

06:46AM

Age: 31

Location
Minnesota

Hahahahahahahahaha, I finally listened to a couple of songs off of this. OMG, it so LOL ridiculously bad. ROFLCOPTER! See, it's so bad I have to talk in internets speak. PWN!

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