Every so often on my random song searches for something to review, I'll find something surprising. In this case, it's a Christian emo band in the original "emotionally-charged" sense of emo.
Started in 2004 by David Hodges, formerly a keyboarder in Evanescence, the members of Trading Yesterday self-produced The Beauty and the Tragedy in 2004. Demand surpassed supply, so they rereleased it for exclusive selling through their website.
If "Love Song Requiem" well represents the rest of the CD, I can hear why they're popular. It's a soothing meld of piano with other echoing things in a way that actually reminds me of Enya despite the male vocals. For Christian music, it's a bit better done than most, but I still don't remember any of it after listening to the song besides the overall feel.
The vocals remind me of Jars of Clay. I wouldn't call it a Jars of Clay wannabe, but if you liked that band's first CD and its more soothing songs I suspect you'll like the sound of "Love Song Requiem".
Lyricwise, I personally find the song uncomfortably vague. The confused tone may be part of the point, since love (and infatuations) are so confusing, but it seems that for some reason he cannot have the girl he longs for. ("She belongs to fairytales that I could never be"). In the least, some line's been crossed or has been neared that shouldn't have been.
(Note that the band has recently—in August—changed their name to The Age of Information and had a bit of turnover in members and sound, as demonstrated in the EP Everything Is Broken that they released last month. Nonetheless, you can still find this song on the band's previous MySpace page.)
Lyrics: 3/5
Music: 3/5
Vocal(s): 4/5
Overall: 7/10
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