I don’t like to say this, but for mile7’s Kingdom Come, keep your finger on the next track button. Just about every other track is an obligatory praise and worship song that has little ingenuity or life to it. Skip those tracks, and mile7 has a nice EP of 5 tracks that click into mile7’s own slot. It’s a combination of Jars of Clay—organic, folk-influenced rock that, yes, includes a violin—and something toward Emo—a hard-edged thrust of guitar and drums that drives a melodramatic melody. Start with track 1, “Innocent,” for this Emo-Jars sound. Skip to track 3 for the praise song-inspired melody “Your Love is My Salvation” which is nicely broken up rhythmically and uses the divine Name of God (Yahweh) which not enough songwriters do.
Skip to track 5, “Let It Go,” which grows on you with its slight twang and John Mayer jazz feel. OK, then you have to get yourself all the way to track 10, “Take Me Down,” for the Hillsong United praise rocker that has a Zox (Jam Band) groove. Get to track 12, “Good Morning Indiana,” a muscley guitar with the indie rock vocal/melody that is more acoustic than hard rock—in the vein of Jonathan Rundman or Echelon. Then just press stop in order to skip the closing ballad.
Thank you to the mile7 and IndieHeaven for the review copy.
