Artist: This Beautiful Republic
Album: Even Heroes Need A Parachute
Label: Forefront Records
Release Date: April 3, 2007
Purchase: Soon

Overall: 8.9
Music: 9.0
Lyrics: 8.5
Production: 9.4

Looking for catchy, melodic, emo driven rock? Look no further… because this five man group out of Toledo Ohio have will satisfy your hunger. Well, here I am, my first review but certainly not my last. I managed to get my dirty little hands on an advance copy of the debut full length cd from This Beautiful Republic, and might I add, a very stellar debut onto the scene. These guys have put a lot of time and effort into this cd and it shows. Produced by Allan Salmon, who also did the unreal Mutemath release last year, I don’t have to say much more; but, to be completely fair, musically, these guys are extremely dynamic.

Although this cd is only thirty eight and a half minutes it packs a tightly wound punch. The tracks flow fairly seamlessly and provide quite an enjoyable listen. The disc starts with a bang for the first two tracks giving you a solid idea of their sound and goes right into, which is quite possibly one of the best tracks on the disc, Jesus to the World. I find it hard to say that though, as the entire cd has something for everyone, whether your after something fast and hard or slow and soft. If your thinking about picking this up, the tracks on both their purevolume and myspace pages are definitely worth a couple listens. I would suggest checking out the final track, if you have the opportunity to stream it anywhere, as it is well worth the listen and a great way to close out the cd.

All too often bands are compared to similar sounding bands, not something I’ll ever do. I just want to give you the facts and let you make up your own mind. This Beautiful Republic are classified as Christian rock; they might be, I don’t know, however, one thing’s for sure, they rock. **Sorry no photo/purchase link available at this time.

Track Listing:
1. Casting Off
2. Going Under
3. Jesus to the World
4. Right Now
5. Black Box
6. The Surface
7. Let’s be Honest
8. New Year
9. Something to Deny
10. Fears & Failures
11. Cloud Cover