This is the band's fourth full-length album, having garnered numerous chart #1's and top 5's. Their songs have been placed in everything from Smallville to NFL Films. To top it all off, you might have heard Trevor McNevan's songwriting prowess in his work with other notable names: Hawk Nelson, Toby Mac, Wavorly, Demon Hunter, Manafest, and even their own side project FM Static.

This newest offering from the boys out of Canada is exactly what was needed. The Flame In All of Us came at a time when there was a common thought among peers that all of the good writers/musicians/bands weren't giving us their all. You know what I'm saying; the bands that have always given you what you are looking for, suddenly didn't. Thankfully, our faith in music is restored.

The first track you are listening to is the title track. You are probably waiting for the melodic hook or the screaming chorus or the engaging melody. The one that was hinted would change your views. If you thought the melodic hook you just heard was as what you were listening for, then you have missed it. Turn off the music now and go listen to the airwaves coming into your car radio. But, if you were listening and realized what it is being referred to, keep reading.

Hear it? The words start drifting in "...the change in all of us, that takes, the blame in all of us..." Go back. The "blame?" What blame? And there it is. The thing you should have been waiting for. A song that makes us think, for just a moment, about something other than the beauty of a girl or the unfairness of society or one of the other common threads in music. Here was a song quite literally penned and performed for us to hear and to process and think about. This is an underground trend in music that has been around for years, but is more often missed; to create a song that makes us a have a reaction that isn't instinctual or visceral. The lyrics are created to give us something to process, chew, digest and grow from. Think that is putting too much pressure on just a simple rock CD?

What about the next track, "Everything Falls Apart?"  Hear it there too? Then on to the next and the next and so on till the all too abrupt end when you realize that you still long to hear more. More songs that are genuinely written. More songs that are giving you something worth listening. Suddenly you realize that your expectations of this album weren't high enough.

     With this new album, Thousand Foot Krutch has continued to evolve into a solid group of performers, offering up a great experience. From the melodic songs "Everything Falls Apart" and "Favorite Disease" to the hard thumping "New Drug" and "My Home", these songs carry the heavy burden of being well constructed, craftily written and forever allowing us a look into ourselves. And there are yet more songs to discover.

     Ok, so it could be said that this has been pretty biased review, something admitted with no shame. And while others may look to this album as just another stop on the music calendar for the year, this reviewer sees thing us a hair differently.  Make sure you stop and listen; if you don't stop, you'll miss it.

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