Classic Crime:The Silver Cord

These days it is more than common to have a 10 to 12 track album with the only good songs being those that are played on the radio. This is certainly not the case with Classic Crime’s, The Silver Cord. There are 15 hard hitting tracks that are an obvious improvement to their previous album, Albatross. While Albatross was an album I enjoyed very much, The Silver Cord shows a lot of growth lyrically and melodically. The songs leave room for individual interpretation, and while the themes of Christianity are more subtle, if you are genuinely listening to the lyrics, I think most will hear the Christian undertones.

The album starts with The End, an intriguing and inviting song that makes you excited about listening to the rest of the album. Some of the highlights along the way are The Way That You Are, an encouraging song about breaking free from past mistakes and pain; Medisin, which seems to portray the struggles of the current youth generation struggling with alcohol and emptiness; and Closer Than We Think, an absolutely beautiful song about Jesus, which the lyrics say “I still hold the belief that we are free, that we don’t need the rules to see that despite what we’ve done, we’re not alone. We’re closer than we think to home.”

From beginning to end, this album does not disappoint. For so many musicians, the sophomore album makes or breaks them. I think The Silver Cord has great potential to make The Classic Crime a much larger name in the music industry.