Artist: Hawk Nelson
Album: Smile, Its The End Of The World
Label: Tooth & Nail
Purchase: Smart Punk
Release Date: April 4, 2006
Overall: 7.6
Music: 7.6
Lyrics: 7.1
Production: 7.9
Hawk Nelson shouldn’t need an introduction at this point but if your unfamiliar with them they are a pop-punk band from Canada on Tooth & Nail Records. This is there second album on T&N and overall their sound has matured quite a bit on this album. Granted their style is still catchy pop-punk but lyrically the band has stepped it up a notch from their previous release Letters To The President.
Opening the album is “The One Thing I Have Left.” The song is filled with crunchy guitars and bright vocals. The improvement from their previous albums comes mostly in the guitar work. We hear some more licks and especially a more distorted sound that shows the band has been working long and hard on defining their sound. “Bring ‘Em Out” has got to be one of the most upbeat and catchy songs out there today. The band brings a good message throughout the album and most people probably wouldn’t even notice that they are a christian band just from their lyrics.
If your a previous fan of Hawk Nelson then this album should rock you even more. Their sound has improved and this is one of those perfect summer albums that can get you pumped up for almost anything.
Track Listing
1. The One Thing I Have Left
2. The Show
3. Bring ‘Em Out
4. Everything You Ever Wanted
5. Something On My Mind
6. Is Forever Enough
7. Zero
8. Nothing Left to Show
9. Head On Collision
10. Hello
11. It’s Over
12. Fourteen
Standout Tracks
“Bring ‘Em Out”, “Nothing Left To Show”, “Something On My Mind”
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